triple
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
triple (not comparable)
- Made up of three related elements, often matching
- The triple markings on this vase are quite unique.
- Of three times the quantity.
- Give me a triple serving of mashed potatoes.
- Designed for three users.
- a triple room
- Folded in three; composed of three layers.
- Having three aspects.
- a triple meaning
- (music) Of time, three times as fast as very fast.
- (obsolete) One of three; third.
- (made up of three related elements) tern, treble; see also Thesaurus:triple
- (three times the quantity) threefold, thrissome; see also Thesaurus:threefold
- Russian: трёхме́стный
- Russian: трёхсло́йный
- French: triple
- Russian: тройно́й
- French: triple
triple (plural triples)
- Three times or thrice the number, amount, size, etc
- (informal) A drink with three portions of alcohol.
- I've had a hard day; make that a triple.
- (US) A hamburger with three patties.
- I'd like a triple with cheese.
- (baseball) A three-base hit
- The shortstop hit a triple to lead off the ninth.
- (basketball) A three-point field goal
- (curling) A takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play.
- (mathematics, computing) A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple.
- French: triple
- French: triple
triple (triples, present participle tripling; past and past participle tripled)
- To multiply by three
- The company tripled their earnings per share over last quarter.
- (baseball) To get a three-base hit
- The batter tripled into the gap.
- To become three times as large
- Our earnings have tripled in the last year.
- To serve or operate as (something), in addition to two other functions.
- 1982, Popular Mechanics, Best tools for your electronics workbench (volume 157, number 1, page 106, January 1982)
- Radio Shack's All-Purpose Crimper/Cutter ($9.95) doubles as a wire stripper and triples as a bolt cutter.
- 1982, Popular Mechanics, Best tools for your electronics workbench (volume 157, number 1, page 106, January 1982)
- French: tripler
- German: verdreifachen
- Italian: triplicare
- Portuguese: triplicar
- Russian: утра́ивать
- Spanish: triplicar
- French: tripler
- German: sich verdreifachen
- Italian: triplicare
- Portuguese: triplicar
- Russian: утра́иваться
- Spanish: triplicar
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