sextuplicate

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UK/sɛksˈtjuːplɪkət/UK/sɛksˈtjuːplɪkeɪt/

adjective

Six times the number, volume, length, etc. (of something else).

“Benzene is a sextuplicate hydrocarbon.”

OriginLatin sextuplicātus →
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Meanings

adjectivesextuplicate (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSix times the number, volume, length, etc. (of something else).

    The customer ordered a sextuplicate quantity.

  2. not comparableComprising six identical parts.

    Benzene is a sextuplicate hydrocarbon.

nounsextuplicate (plural sextuplicates)

plural sextuplicates

  1. A series, set, collection, or group of six identical copies of something.

    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.

    1 more example

    …signed (in quadruplicate for the Financial Office, quintuplicate for the Registrar, and, inexplicably, sextuplicate for the Health Department).

    1985, Erich Segal, The Class, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 28
verbsextuplicate (third-person singular simple present sextuplicates, present participle sextuplicating, simple past and past participle sextuplicated)

present singular third person sextuplicates · participle present sextuplicating · participle past sextuplicated · past sextuplicated

  1. transitiveTo make six copies of.

    Sextuplicate this document for me, please.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
hexaplicatehextuplicate

Origin

  1. Latinsextuplicātus
  2. Englishsextuplicate

From Latin sextuplicātus, past participle form of sextuplicāre (“to sextuple”), from sextuplus (“sixfold”), from sextus (“sixth”) (from sex (“six”)) + -plus (“-fold”) (from plicare (“to fold”)).

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APA

sextuplicate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sextuplicate

MLA

“sextuplicate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sextuplicate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sextuplicate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sextuplicate.

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