quintupling

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A noun referring to the act or process of increasing something by a factor of five.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa a ação ou o processo de aumentar algo em cinco vezes, tornando-o cinco vezes maior ou mais numeroso.

1. Multiplication by five C1 formal

   The act or process of increasing something by a factor of five.

   • The quintupling of the budget allowed for new research projects.
   • A quintupling in population has put a strain on local resources.
   • The company reported a quintupling of its profits over five years.

   🇵🇹Multiplicação por cinco

• quintuplings plural form
• quintuplings' possessive plural form
• quintupling's possessive singular form

A verb used to indicate the act of multiplying or increasing something by five, or becoming five times as great.

• 🇵🇹Verbo usado para indicar a ação de multiplicar ou aumentar algo em cinco vezes, ou de se tornar cinco vezes maior.

1. Increase fivefold C1 formal

   To make or become five times as great or as many.

   • The company's profits quintupled over the last decade.
   • They plan to quintuple their production capacity by next year.
   • The population of the town quintupled after the new factory opened.

   🇵🇹Aumentar cinco vezes

• quintupled past participle
• quintupled past simple
• quintupling present participle
• quintuples third person singular