sextuplicate
Pronunciations (2)
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/sɛksˈtjuːplɪkət/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/sɛksˈtjuːplɪkeɪt/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
Adjective
Six times the number, volume, length, etc. (of something else).
Usage- not-comparable
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The customer ordered a sextuplicate quantity.
Comprising six identical parts.
Usage- not-comparable
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Benzene is a sextuplicate hydrocarbon.
Noun
A series, set, collection, or group of six identical copies of something.
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More examples (1)
1945: United States Twelfth Army, Report of Operations: Final After Action Report, PAGE UNKNOWN If the official receipt is not available, the appropriate CA officer will prepare a similar receipt in sextuplicate.
…signed (in quadruplicate for the Financial Office, quintuplicate for the Registrar, and, inexplicably, sextuplicate for the Health Department).
Verb
To make six copies of.
Usage- Transitive
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Sextuplicate this document for me, please.
Word forms
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