Quintuple
(verb, adjective, noun)
- To make five times as great or as many.
- Five times greater or as many.
- To multiply by five.
Origin:
From latin quintuplicare, from quintus ("fifth") + -plicare ("to fold"), from plicare ("to fold").
Examples:
- The company's profits quintupled in the past year.
- The population quintupled in the last decade.
- The team's score quintupled in the second half.
- The company quintupled its production output.
- The number of tourists quintupled in the last year.