centuple

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈsɛntʊpəl/ UK /ˈsɛntjʊpəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
a hundredfold; to multiply by a hundred

The investment promised to centuple within a generation.

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Synonyms

1 adj · a hundredfold; to multiply... hundredfold

Word family

Related forms centuplicatecentury quadruple

Etymology

From Late Latin centuplus ('a hundredfold'), from centum ('hundred') + -plus ('-fold').

centuplus Latin centum Latin

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# centuple

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈsɛntʊpəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsɛntjʊpəl/

## Meanings
1. a hundredfold; to multiply by a hundred

## Examples
- The investment promised to centuple within a generation.

## Synonyms
- hundredfold

## Related Forms
- centuplicate
- century
- quadruple

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: centuplus
- Root: centum

## Etymology
From Late Latin centuplus ('a hundredfold'), from centum ('hundred') + -plus ('-fold').

## AI Etymology
Centuple comes from Late Latin centuplus ('a hundredfold'), from centum ('hundred') + -plus ('-fold'). The historical trail runs through centuplus in Latin and centum in Latin. Morphologically, centuple is transparent: it draws on Late Latin centuplus ('a hundredfold'), from centum ('hundred') + -plus ('-fold'). Used as an adjective and verb, centuple now means "a hundredfold; to multiply by a hundred", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as centuplicate, century, and quadruple. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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