Quintuple (verb, adjective, noun)

  1. To make five times as great or as many.
  2. Five times greater or as many.
  3. To multiply by five.

Origin:

From latin quintuplicare, from quintus ("fifth") + -plicare ("to fold"), from plicare ("to fold").

Examples:

  1. The company's profits quintupled in the past year.
  2. The population quintupled in the last decade.
  3. The team's score quintupled in the second half.
  4. The company quintupled its production output.
  5. The number of tourists quintupled in the last year.
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