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Definition of "quintuplicate" []

  • Multiplied by five; fivefold. (adjective)
  • Being the fifth of a set of five identical copies. (adjective)
  • One of a set of five identical things. (noun)
  • A set of five copies. (noun)
  • To make five copies of. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "quintuplicate" in a sentence
  • "The first time was for a repetitive stress injury to the soft tissue of my hand (my fingers and hand swelled) due to writing so much in quintuplicate for the movie industry (with one period that consisted of about 30 hours straight)."
  • "This indenture of lease, made and entered into in quintuplicate … The VCA president signed evenly along the dotted line."
  • "I completed the paperwork and wrote in my chart: Forms completed in quintuplicate. posted by #1 Dinosaur @ 2:38 PM"