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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
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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