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triplicate
[ noun adjective trip-li-kit, -keyt; verb trip-li-keyt ]
noun
- one of three identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
verb (used with object)
- to make threefold; triple.
- to make in triplicate:
to triplicate a report before releasing it.
adjective
- produced in or consisting of three copies or parts; threefold; triple:
triplicate contracts.
triplicate
adjective
- triple
verb
- to multiply or be multiplied by three
noun
- a group of three things
- one of such a group
- in triplicatewritten out three times
Derived Forms
- ˌtripliˈcation, noun
Other Words From
- tripli·cation noun
- sub·tripli·cate adjective
- sub·tripli·cated adjective
- subtrip·li·cation noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of triplicate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of triplicate1
Idioms and Phrases
- in triplicate,
- in three identical copies:
This letter should be done in triplicate.
- threefold:
That goes for me, too, in triplicate.
Example Sentences
Each item had been stamped and approved in efficient triplicate by his very own Bureau of Prisons.
This adultery is called triplicate, because it is threefold more grievous than the two former.
Done at London in triplicate the 5th day of September, 1914.
I had the honor of the triplicate of your letter of the 22d of last October, on the 20th instant.
If the Manager prefers, triplicate copies of all Chorus contracts may be so filed instead.
His duplicate or triplicate origin was already visible in the cast of his features.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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