quadruplicate

American  

[kwo-droo-pli-kit, kwo-droo-pli-keyt] / kwɒˈdru plɪ kɪt, kwɒˈdru plɪˌkeɪt /

noun

1. one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.

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adjective

1. consisting of four identical parts.

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

verb (used with object)

quadruplicated, quadruplicating

1. to produce or copy in quadruplicate.

2. to make four times as great.

idioms

1. in quadruplicate, in four identical copies.

quadruplicate British  

adjective

1. fourfold or quadruple

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verb

1. to multiply or be multiplied by four

noun

1. a group or set of four things

Other Word Forms

• quadruplication noun
• quadruplicature noun

Etymology

Origin of quadruplicate

1650–60; < Latin quadruplicātus (past participle of quadruplicāre ), equivalent to quadruplic- (stem of quadruplex quadruplex ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The measure calls for the end of a paper permitting system that used quadruplicate documents to register applicants.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2022

At the Geffen, Aitken projects it in quadruplicate on four industrial-strength, double-sided billboards.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2016

There”—and I held towards him the fourth quadruplicate.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2015

And there indeed it sat, lit a week earlier by the rays of the sun at ancient Olympia but now, in quadruplicate, occupying two seats in the front row of the passenger cabin of BA2012.

From The Guardian • May 18, 2012

Four times Cupid's debtor I— Bankrupt in quadruplicate.

From The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition by Kipling, Rudyard