triple
Part of speech: adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
baseball
entertainment
games
hobbies
lifestyle
music
sports
Etymology: PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English triple (also þripell), from Latin triplus. Doublet of treble.
Inflected forms:
form: triples
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tripling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: tripled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: tripled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Made up of three related elements, often matching
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The triple markings on this vase are quite unique.
gloss: Of three times the quantity; treble.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Give me a triple serving of mashed potatoes.
gloss: Designed for three users.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a triple room
gloss: Folded in three; composed of three layers.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Having three aspects.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a triple meaning
gloss: Of time, three times as fast as very fast.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: One of three; third.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
obsolete
examples: the third payes for all: the triples sir , is a good tripping measure
gloss: To multiply by three.
pos: verb
examples: The company tripled their earnings per share over last quarter.
gloss: To get a three-base hit.
pos: verb
examples: The batter tripled into the gap.
gloss: To become three times as large.
pos: verb
examples: Our earnings have tripled in the last year.
gloss: To serve or operate as (something), in addition to two other functions.
pos: verb
examples: Radio Shack's All-Purpose Crimper/Cutter ($9.95) doubles as a wire stripper and triples as a bolt cutter.
Examination rooms contain shelves overstuffed with football helmets, autographed equipment and even rugby gear. If the office doubles as a mini-museum, it also triples as a minichapel.
Synonyms: treble
thrissome
ternary
triadic
trinary
trine
triple
Related words: duple
treble
single
solo
double
twofold
triple
threefold
quadruple
fourfold
quintuple
pentuple
fivefold
loner
singleton
monad
pair
couple
twosome
duo
dyad
trio
threesome
triad
troika
foursome
quartet
tetrad
fivesome
quintet
pentad
only one
singlet
twin
one of two
doublet
triplet
one of three
quadruplet
one of four
quintuplet
pentuplet
one of five
sextuple
hextuple
sixfold
septuple
heptuple
sevenfold
octuple
eightfold
ninefold
nonuple
tenfold
decuple
sixsome
sextet
hexad
sevensome
septet
heptad
eightsome
octet
octad
ninesome
nonet
ennead
tensome
decet
decad
sextuplet
hextuplet
one of six
one of seven
septuplet
heptuplet
octuplet
one of eight
one of nine
nonuplet
one of ten
decuplet
elevenfold
undecuple
hendecuple
twelvefold
duodecuple
thirteenfold
tredecuple
a hundredfold
centuple
multiple
elevensome
twelvesome
thirteensome
hundredsome
one of eleven
undecuplet
hendecuplet
one of twelve
duodecuplet
one of thirteen
tredecuplet
one of a hundred
centuplet
one of many
multiplet
Derived words: circumtriple
scalar triple product
subtriple
t
trifficult
triple A
triple-A
triple acrostic
triple agent
triple-alpha process
triple A syndrome
triple bar
triple barrel
triple-barrelled
triple bill
triple-blind
triple bluff
triple bogey
triple bond
triple burner
triple century
triple check
triple-click
triple combination
triple contrabass viol
triple crown
triple-decker
tripledemic
triple dog dare
triple double
triple-double
triple down
triple E
triple-E
triple energizer
triple-entendre
triple entendre
triple equals
triple fault
triple feature
triplefin
triplefold
triple-full
triple goddess
triple harp
triple-hat
triple-headed
triple-header
triple jump
triple-jumper
triple jumper
triple lock
triple-lock
triple malt
triple-masted
triple-negative
triple negative breast cancer
triple-negative breast cancer
triple nelson
tripleness
triple nine
triple O
triple oppression
triple option
triple parentheses
triple play
triple point
triple reassortant
triple science
triple sec
triple seven
triple SIM
triple-SIM
triple single
triple star
triple star system
triple stop
triple-stranded
triple-tail
tripletail
triple-team
triple test
triplethink
triple threat
triple threater
triple-threater
triple time
tripleton
triple triple
triple-triple
triple valve
triple warmer
triple whammy
triplewise
triple witching
triple witching hour
triple X
triple X syndrome
triplet
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