triple
Verbtriples, tripling, tripled
Noun pluraltriples (some meanings)
Formstriples, tripling, tripled
Pluraltriples (some meanings)
- 1To make something three times bigger or more.
If you triple the recipe, you will need nine eggs.
The shop tripled its prices overnight.
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- 2To become three times as big.
Prices could triple if there is no rain this summer.
The number of kids in the club has tripled since spring.
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- 3Made of three parts that go together and often look the same.
The church has a triple window above the front door.
She wore a triple string of pearls to the wedding.
Similarthreefold, tripartite
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- 5An amount, number, or size three times as big as another.
The tickets now cost triple what they did last year.
If you work on Christmas, you get paid triple.
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- 6A hit in baseball that lets the batter run all the way to third base.
She hit a triple and slid into third base just in time.
Our team got two triples in the last inning.
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- 7A drink with three shots of alcohol in it.
He ordered a triple and drank it too fast.
One triple was enough to make her sleepy.
- 8To also be used as something else, on top of two other uses.
Our coach also drives the team bus and triples as the cook on long trips.
On a camping trip, my phone has to double as a flashlight and triple as a map.
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- 9Having three different sides or parts to it.
The joke has a triple meaning that only adults will understand.
The new park has a triple purpose: play, sports, and rest.
Similarthreefold
- 10Folded into three, or made of three layers.
The tent floor is made of a triple layer of strong plastic.
We put triple-pane windows in the new house to keep it warm.
- 11Made for three people to share or use together.
We booked a triple room so all three of us could stay together.
The twins and their little brother sleep in a triple bunk bed.
- 12In baseball, to hit the ball and run safely all the way to third base.
She tripled to left field and scored on the next hit.
Fast runners often triple when the ball rolls into the corner.
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- 13A burger with three pieces of meat in it.
At the burger stand he ordered a triple and couldn't finish it.
Two triples and a large fries, please.
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- 14In basketball, a basket that counts for three points.
She hit a triple just before the buzzer.
Our team made six triples in the first half.
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- 15A list of three things in a set order, used in math and computing.
Each point in space can be written as a triple of numbers.
The program stores each date as a triple: month, day, and year.
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- 16Three runs in a game of cricket.
The ball stopped just short of the boundary, so the batters ran a triple.
She scored two triples and a four in the last over.
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- 17In curling, a throw that knocks three stones out of play.
She made a triple and cleared the house.
Our team won the end with a lucky triple.
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- 18Being one out of three, or the third one.
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Origin
From Latin triplus. It shares its origin with the word treble.