What does sextupled mean?
“Sextupled” means that something has been multiplied to six times its original amount or value. It is the past-tense and past-participle form of “sextuple” and is also used adjectivally, as in “a sextupled increase.” The word commonly appears in discussions of business performance, technology, capacity, traffic, and measurable growth: a service may sextuple its user base, or a company may report that sales have sextupled since the previous year. The expression indicates multiplication by six, not the addition of six times the original quantity; the resulting figure is therefore six times as large as the starting figure. Although associated with impressive growth, “sextupled” itself is neutral and does not inherently imply whether the change was beneficial or harmful. It is a precise and useful alternative to the more general phrases “multiplied by six” and “increased sixfold.”
To multiply something by six, making it six times its previous amount or value.
"The subscription service sextupled its membership in a single quarter."
Usually transitive and commonly used with revenue, users, sales, capacity, size, or similar measurable nouns.
Having been increased or multiplied to six times an original amount.
"The startup announced a sextupled increase in annual revenue."
This is normally a participial adjective formed from the verb “sextuple.”
If something is sextupled, it has not merely grown: its original amount has become six times as great.
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Where does sextupled come from?
The word belongs to a family derived from Latin sextuplus, meaning “six times as much” and containing sex, the Latin word for “six.” English developed the base form “sextuple” in the 17th century, with “sextupled” later arising as its regular past tense and past participle. Related English words include “sextet,” a group or musical composition of six, and “sextant,” an instrument whose arc was originally divided into sixths.
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How sextupled is actually used
The word is formal but widely understood. It occurs especially in business, technology, and performance contexts and is often followed by a measurable noun such as revenue, users, growth, or capacity.
Easily confused with sextupled
“Sextuple” is the base verb, adjective, and noun, while “sextupled” normally functions as its past-tense or past-participle form.