Quintuple means to increase by five times or to consist of five parts, units, or members. [1, 2]
The exact definition depends on its part of speech:
- As an Adjective: Having or involving five components, or being five times as much or as many.
- As a Verb: To make or become five times greater (e.g., revenue has quintupled).
- As a Noun: A number or amount that is five times as large, or a set of five similar things.
- In Music: Affecting time signatures or rhythms with five beats per measure (e.g., quintuple meter).
- In Healthcare/Biology: Referring to five offspring born from a single pregnancy, commonly known as quintuplets. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
For further context and usage examples, you can check definitions on Merriam-Webster or Cambridge Dictionary. [2, 7]
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[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quintuple
[2] https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/quintuple
[3] https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/quintuple
[4] https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/quintuple
[5] https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/quintuple_1
[6] https://www.dictionary.com/browse/quintuplet
[7] https://englishwords.quora.com/What-is-the-meaning-of-quintuple-1
Japan quintuples visa fees in first price hike since 1978
Japan has implemented a five-fold increase to visa fees for all foreigners, marking the first price hike in nearly 50 years.
From 1 July, single-entry visa fees will be raised from the current 3,000 yen ($18.69; £14) to 15,000 yen, while multi-entry visas will now cost 30,000 yen, up from 6,000 yen.
The visa fee revisions – the first since 1978 – were made to “reflect inflation and exchange rate fluctuations”, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters on Friday.
3,000 Japanese Yen equals 1,758.51 Indian Rupee
30,000 yen = 17,585 inr
Adjective Share prices are quintuple what they were a few days ago.
Verb The town’s population has quintupled in the past 50 years. The company has quintupled the number of its employees.
to increase by five times, or to increase something by five times:
Since 2010, the company’s revenue has quintupled.
They militarized the country by quintupling the size of its armed forces.