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centuple

/sɛnˈtʌ.pəl/

centuple adjective: hundredfold. Multiplied by one hundred.

Adjective

centuple (not comparable)

  1. Hundredfold. Multiplied by one hundred.

Verb

centuple (third-person singular simple present centuples, present participle centupling, simple past and past participle centupled)

  1. (intransitive) To increase a hundredfold.
  2. (transitive) To increase or multiply something by a hundred.
    • "Mechanisation, science, and technology have centupled the productive potential of human labour."2015, Errico Malatesta, Carl Levy, Life and Ideas: The Anarchist Writings of Errico Malatesta

Forms of centuple

third-person singular presentcentuples
present participlecentupling
past participlecentupled
pastcentupled

Words formed from centuple

Words that rhyme with centuple

Questions about centuple

What does centuple mean?
Centuple means hundredfold. Multiplied by one hundred.
What part of speech is centuple?
Centuple can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce centuple?
Centuple is pronounced /sɛnˈtʌ.pəl/ (US).

Words near centuple in the dictionary

  1. centumviral
  2. centumvirate
  3. centumvirates
  4. centumviri
  5. centumvirs
  6. centuple
  7. centupled
  8. centuples
  9. centuplet
  10. centuplets
  11. centuplicate

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