quadruple

quadrupler

Atteindre quatre fois sa taille ou sa quantité initiale.

En anglais simple : To become four times as large or as much.

• Sales quadrupled last year.
• The population has quadrupled since 1950.
• Your investment could quadruple in value.

Comment l'utiliser : quadruple in size/value (The town quadrupled in size within twenty years.)

Synonymes : increase fourfold

Expressions courantes : quadruple in value, quadruple in size, almost quadruple

quadrupler

Porter une quantité ou un nombre à quatre fois sa valeur initiale.

En anglais simple : To make an amount or number four times as large.

• They quadrupled the budget.
• We must quadruple production to meet demand.
• The company has quadrupled its workforce since opening.

Synonymes : multiply by four

Contraires : quarter

Expressions courantes : quadruple the budget, quadruple production, quadruple the workforce

quadruple

Dont la taille ou la quantité vaut quatre fois celle d’autre chose.

En anglais simple : Four times as large or as many as something else.

• We need quadruple the amount.
• They paid quadruple the original price.
• The skater attempted a quadruple jump.

Comment l'utiliser : quadruple the ... (The new tank holds quadruple the volume of the old one.)

Synonymes : fourfold

Expressions courantes : quadruple the amount, quadruple the size, a quadruple jump