triplicate

[ noun, adjective trip-li-kit, -keyt; verb trip-li-keyt ]
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noun
  1. one of three identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.

verb (used with object),trip·li·cat·ed, trip·li·cat·ing.
  1. to make threefold; triple.

  2. to make in triplicate: to triplicate a report before releasing it.

adjective
  1. produced in or consisting of three copies or parts; threefold; triple: triplicate contracts.

Idioms about triplicate

  1. in triplicate,

    • in three identical copies: This letter should be done in triplicate.

    • threefold: That goes for me, too, in triplicate.

Origin of triplicate

1
1400–50; late Middle English (adj.) <Latin triplicātus (past participle of triplicāre to triple), equivalent to triplic- (stem of triplex) triplex + -ātus-ate1

Other words from triplicate

  • trip·li·ca·tion, noun
  • sub·trip·li·cate, adjective
  • sub·trip·li·cat·ed, adjective
  • sub·trip·li·ca·tion, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for triplicate

triplicate

adjective(ˈtrɪplɪkɪt)
  1. triple

verb(ˈtrɪplɪˌkeɪt)
  1. to multiply or be multiplied by three

noun(ˈtrɪplɪkɪt)
    • a group of three things

    • one of such a group

  1. in triplicate written out three times

Origin of triplicate

1
C15: from Latin triplicāre to triple, from triplex

Derived forms of triplicate

  • triplication, noun

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