quadruplet

noun

qua·​dru·​plet kwä-ˈdrü-plət How to pronounce quadruplet (audio) -ˈdrə- How to pronounce quadruplet (audio)
ˈkwä-drə-plət
1
: a combination of four of a kind
2
: one of four offspring produced in the same pregnancy
3
: a group of four musical notes to be performed in the time ordinarily given to three of the same kind

Examples of quadruplet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web However, that increased the risk of triplets, quadruplets or more in some cases. Lauren Dunn, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2024 Posco chairman Choi Jeong-woo last year visited an employee who is raising quadruplets, hand delivering a cash gift and a stroller for the new parents, according to a company statement. Min Joo Kim, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024 The arrangement has formally cemented the relationship between Jablonsky and Michelle Zamora’s family of seven — her second-grade quadruplets, fourth-grade son and husband. Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2024 In 1930, a family in Michigan experienced the unimaginable: A mother conceived and gave birth to identical quadruplets, all girls. Rebecca Onion, Washington Post, 14 June 2023 The babies need help with eating, but the 2-month-old quadruplets are breathing on their own. Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 8 May 2023 Rachael, Abigail, Julia and Luke Molnar are 22-year-old quadruplets who graduated together from Metropolitan State University of Denver on May 12. Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 23 May 2023 The number of triplet births was far smaller at 2,933, and the number of quadruplet or higher births was even smaller at 148. Beth Reese Cravey, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2023 Farley fills in the gaps with interesting-but-not-totally-relevant stories from the life of David Rosenthal, a scientist at NIMH who edited a 1963 book about the quadruplets, as well as with history of the science around schizophrenia and heaping helpings of cultural analysis. Rebecca Onion, Washington Post, 14 June 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1709, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of quadruplet was in 1709

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“Quadruplet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quadruplet. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

quadruplet

noun
qua·​dru·​plet kwä-ˈdrü-plət How to pronounce quadruplet (audio) -ˈdrəp-lət How to pronounce quadruplet (audio)
ˈkwäd-rə-plət
1
: a combination of four of a kind
2
: one of four offspring born at one birth

Medical Definition

quadruplet

noun
1
: one of four offspring born at one birth
2
quadruplets plural : a group of four offspring born at one birth

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