quintuplicate

American  

[kwin-too-pli-kit, -tyoo-, kwin-too-pli-keyt, -tyoo-] / kwɪnˈtu plɪ kɪt, -ˈtyu-, kwɪnˈtu plɪˌkeɪt, -ˈtyu- /

noun

1. a group, series, or set of five copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten matter.

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adjective

1. noting or consisting of five identical parts; fivefold.

2. pertaining to a fifth item or copy of something.

verb (used with object)

quintuplicated, quintuplicating

1. to produce or copy in quintuplicate.

2. to make five times as great, as by multiplying.

idioms

1. in quintuplicate, in five identical copies.

quintuplicate British  

adjective

1. fivefold or quintuple

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verb

1. to multiply or be multiplied by five

noun

1. a group or set of five things

Other Word Forms

• quintuplication noun

Etymology

Origin of quintuplicate

1650–60; quintu(ple) + -plicate, after duplicate, triplicate, etc.