quin·tu·ple
kwin-ˈtü-pəl 
-ˈtyü-,
-ˈtə-
ˈkwin-tə-
1
: being five times as great or as many
2
: having five units or members
3
: marked by five beats per measure
quintuple meter
quintuple
noun
quintupled; quintupling
kwin-ˈtü-p(ə-)liŋ
-ˈtyü-,
-ˈtə-;
ˈkwin-tə-
: to make five times as great or as many
: to become five times as much or as numerous
Examples of quintuple in a Sentence
Adjective
Share prices are quintuple what they were a few days ago.
Verb
The town's population has quintupled in the past 50 years.
The company has quintupled the number of its employees.
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
This was nothing like Ernie Els six-putting on the first hole of the 2016 Masters — a quintuple bogey.
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Enrollment from Ghana has quintupled in the last 10 years.
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Adjective
The greatest gainer of that bunch is one that jumps from half a million units to five million, or quintuple platinum.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
This was nothing like Ernie Els six-putting on the first hole of the 2016 Masters — a quintuple bogey.
—Jordan Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
Roberta Flack’s Streams Soar Across the Board Flack’s catalog has experienced an extraordinary jump in on-demand U.S. streams, more than quintupling from just over one million plays in one frame to an impressive 5.4 million in the latest tracking week, according to Luminate.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Enrollment from Ghana has quintupled in the last 10 years.
—Kevin Carey, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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“Quintuple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quintuple. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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quintuple
1 of 2 adjective
quin·tu·ple
kwin-ˈt(y)üp-əl
-ˈtəp-
-ˈtəp-
ˈkwint-əp-
1
: having five units or members
2
: being five times as great or as many
quintuple
noun
quintuple
2 of 2 verb
quintupled; quintupling
-(ə-)liŋ
: to make or become five times as great or as many
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