Decuple

Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkəplɪ/

Decuple (adjective)

  1. Being ten times as much or as many.

Examples

  • The new model is decuple the speed of the old one.
  • Profits were decuple compared to last year.

Common collocations: decuple increase, decuple amount, decuple the cost, decuple the effort

Decuple (verb)

  1. To increase something by ten times its original amount.

Examples

  • To decuple the value, multiply it by ten.
  • They plan to decuple their investment in the project.

Synonyms of Decuple

Formal

Neutral

Antonyms of Decuple

  • when discussing decreasing quantities
  • when discussing dividing by two