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triple
[ trip-uhl ]
adjective
- threefold; consisting of three parts:
a triple knot.
- of three kinds; threefold in character or relationship.
- three times as great.
- International Law. tripartite.
noun
- an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- a group, set, or series of three; something threefold; triad.
- Also called three-base hit. Baseball. a base hit that enables a batter to reach third base safely.
- Bowling. three strikes in succession.
verb (used with object)
- to make triple.
- Baseball. to cause to come into home plate by a triple:
to triple a runner home; to triple a run in.
verb (used without object)
- to become triple.
- Baseball. to make a triple.
triple
/ ˈtrɪpəl /
adjective
- consisting of three parts; threefold
- (of musical time or rhythm) having three beats in each bar
- three times as great or as much
noun
- a threefold amount
- a group of three
verb
- to increase or become increased threefold; treble
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Derived Forms
- ˈtriply, adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of triple1
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Example Sentences
Hallmark reports triple-digit growth in their e-commerce sales throughout 2020.
Some Austin restaurants are seeing double or triple the number of reservation cancellations
Domantas Sabonis, an All-Star himself, logged 22 points of his own and had a triple-double.
Taking time to triple-check the data isn’t just good scientific practice, it’s also important for ensuring the public trusts the vaccine.
San Diego Unified has an equity-based funding model that doubles and triples school-site funding above what the district receives in state allocations for disadvantaged students.
Elderly women played Triple Double Diamond and Tiki Magic while they chain-smoked.
The wine-producing countries of Spain, Italy, and France, suggest limits that are double and triple that of the U.S.
“Every single witness is inadmissible, hearsay, triple-hearsay,” said assistant state attorney Penny Brill in court yesterday.
He emphasized that employing people with IDD is a triple win: the employer, the employee, and the federal government all benefit.
Last year they joined with the widows of the men from Popular Unity in calling for an investigation into the triple homicide.
When rapidly deposited, as by artificial precipitation, triple phosphate often takes feathery, star- or leaf-like forms.
The sediment usually contains abundant amorphous phosphates and crystals of triple phosphate and ammonium urate.
At the beginning of 1917 I was offered the chance of production in a triple bill if I cut it down into a two-act play.
It has no balconies outside, but, instead of this, a triple wreath of leaves round each story.
It was the man with the bluish cheek scar who had accosted him after the triple-killing in that office building.
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More About Triple
What is a basic definition of triple?
Triple describes something as being made of three parts or being three times as great. Triple also means a set of three. The word triple has several other senses as an adjective, noun, and verb. In any sense, the word triple always has to do with the number three.
Triple often describes something that is made of three parts or contains three of something.
- Real-life examples: A triple-layer cake has three layers. A triple homicide involves the murder of three people. A triple-decker bus has three decks of seats. A cardplayer who has triple aces has three cards with aces on them.
- Used in a sentence: My famous triple-layer cake has two layers of chocolate cake and one layer of vanilla cake.
Triple also often describes something that is three times as great as something else. For example, a couch that is triple the price of another couch costs three times as much.
- Used in a sentence: I sold my bike for $300, which is triple the $100 I paid for it.
In this sense, triple is used as a verb to mean to multiply something by three. For example, if you triple 2, you get 6 because 2 x 3 = 6.
- Used in a sentence: I think I will triple the tablespoons of sugar in the next batch of lemonade from 2 tablespoons to 6.
Triple is also a noun that means a set of three. The word triplet is also commonly used in this sense.
- Used in a sentence: The shirts were packaged together in triples of red, white, and blue.
Where does triple come from?
The first records of triple come from around 1325. It ultimately comes from the Latin triplus.
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What are some other forms related to triple?
- triply (adverb)
What are some synonyms for triple?
What are some words that share a root or word element with triple?
What are some words that often get used in discussing triple?
How is triple used in real life?
Triple is a very common word that describes something as being made of three things or being three times as great in number.
I’m really looking forward to tripling my income whilst dropping my stress level and doing work I enjoy/excel at 🧿
— Stretching & Dancing🌈 (@kika_ere13) January 25, 2021
Since I spilled water on my laptop, the keyboard has been messed up. Takes almost triple the time to type simple sentences
— LostNUnbound (@LostNUnbound) October 24, 2016
Is it just me or has the mosquito population tripled in Michigan in the last week
— Myles Kerner (@myles_kilo) September 16, 2018
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True or False?
When you triple something, you multiply it by 3.
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