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quintuplicate

[ noun adjective kwin-too-pli-kit, -tyoo-; verb kwin-too-pli-keyt, -tyoo- ]

noun

  1. a group, series, or set of five copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten matter.


adjective

  1. noting or consisting of five identical parts; fivefold.
  2. pertaining to a fifth item or copy of something.

verb (used with object)

, quin·tu·pli·cat·ed, quin·tu·pli·cat·ing.
  1. to produce or copy in quintuplicate.
  2. to make five times as great, as by multiplying.

quintuplicate

adjective

  1. fivefold or quintuple
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to multiply or be multiplied by five
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a group or set of five things
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • quinˌtupliˈcation, noun
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Other Words From

  • quin·tupli·cation noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of quintuplicate1

1650–60; quintu(ple) + -plicate, after duplicate, triplicate, etc.
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. in quintuplicate, in five identical copies.
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Example Sentences

Not a rivet fell, but that its fall was noted—in quintuplicate.

Associated words: quinary, quintuple, quintuplicate, quincunx.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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