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- pronunciation:
- trI
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- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun, verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
three times the amount of.
The price of new cars is triple what it was twenty years ago. |
| definition 2: |
having three parts; threefold.
Our bay window has a triple design, with three separate windows. |
| definition 3: |
repeated three times.
She is a triple world champion in figure skating. |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an amount or number three times as great as another.
I increased the recipe amounts by triple for my dinner party. |
| definition 2: |
in baseball, a three-base hit.
He's hit a triple in each of our last three games. |
| definition 3: |
something that has three parts.
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
triples, tripling, tripled |
| definition: |
to increase to three times the original size or amount.
That store has tripled its sales from five years ago. |
| related words: |
multiply |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to become three times as many or as great.
The number of cases of this dread disease has tripled in the past two years.
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| definition 2: |
in baseball, to make a three-base hit.
She tripled in the ninth inning and drove in two runs. |
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