tripled
SayTRIP-uhld/ˈtɹɪpəld/
- 1Simple past and past participle of triple.
Home prices in the town have tripled since the new highway opened.
Ramirez tripled to deep center field, driving in two runs.
Note
Whether there is an object decides how the participle behaves. Prices that grew threefold have tripled, with have only; a dose someone multiplied by three can also go passive: the dose was tripled. Followed by as, it reports a third role (the den tripled as office and guest room), and in baseball a batter who tripled got a three-base hit. The spelling simply adds -d to triple.
tripled is a form of triple
triple, verb: To multiply a number or amount by three, making it three times as great. Full entry
- Spelling
- triple → tripled: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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