[
US
/ˈtɹɪpəɫ/
]
[ UK /tɹˈɪpəl/ ]
[ UK /tɹˈɪpəl/ ]
NOUN
- a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base
- a quantity that is three times as great as another
- a set of three similar things considered as a unit
ADJECTIVE
-
having three units or components or elements
overcrowding made triple sessions necessary
a treble row of red beads
triple time has three beats per measure
a ternary operation
triplex windows -
three times as great or many
a claim for treble (or triple) damages
a threefold increase
VERB
- hit a three-base hit
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increase threefold
Triple your income!
How To Use triple In A Sentence
- Our economy suffered a triple whammy this year - we were hit by Sars, the Iraq war, and then the world economic downturn.
- How do you know when to clap the triple jumpers? Times, Sunday Times
- The arrows indicate the beginning of the grace note figure and the placement of each note in the triplet figure for the left hand.
- Liqueurs commonly made this way include triple sec, cassis, Cointreau, Grand Mariner and so forth.
- They're showing a triple bill of horror movies .
- I personally try and keep it simple with a Grande, skim, triple, bone-dry cappuccino, which is Starbuck's English for the kind of cappuccino you'd get at the Rome airport. Mark Strausman: A Chef's-Eye View of Starbucks
- Food subsidies are reduced or thrown out altogether and food prices may double or triple overnight.
- This is his second puzzling triple morphemic repetition in recent days, following up on the biggest self of self is self ". Language Log
- Therefore, the hepatopulmonary syndrome substantially is a triplet that consists of liver disease, dilatation of the pulmonary microcirculation, and hypoxemia.
- Linda said changing three sets of nappies, putting a trio of youngsters through school and dealing with triple helpings of teenage tantrums had not always been easy.