Triple
['trɪp(ə)l] or ['trɪpl]
Definition
(noun.) a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base.
(noun.) a quantity that is three times as great as another.
(verb.) increase threefold; 'Triple your income!'.
(verb.) hit a three-base hit.
Checked by Lanny--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold; as, a triple knot; a triple tie.
(a.) Three times repeated; treble. See Treble.
(a.) One of three; third.
(a.) To make threefold, or thrice as much or as many; to treble; as, to triple the tax on coffee.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Threefold, triplicate.
v. a. Treble, make threefold.
Checker: Tina
Definition
adj. consisting of three united: three times repeated: (Shak.) third.—v.t. to treble.—adjs. Trip′le-crowned having three crowns: wearing the triple crown as the pope; Trip′le-head′ed having three heads.—n. Trip′let three of a kind or three united: three lines rhyming together: (mus.) a group of three notes occupying the time of two indicated by a slur and the figure 3: (coll.) one of three children born at one birth.—adj. Trip′le-turned (Shak.) three times faithless.—n. Trī′plex triple time in music.—adj. Trip′licate threefold: made thrice as much.—n. a third copy or thing corresponding to two others of the same kind.—v.t. to make threefold.—ns. Triplicā′tion act of making threefold or adding three together; Triplic′ity the state of being threefold: tripleness: (Spens.) a triad: (astrol.) the division of the signs according to the number of the elements.—adv. Trip′ly.—Triple Alliance the league of England Sweden and the Netherlands formed against France in 1668: the alliance of Britain France and Holland against Spain in 1717: the alliance between Germany Austria and Italy formed in 1883 and directed to check French or Russian aggression; Triple crown (her.) see Tiara; Triple time (mus.) time or rhythm of three beats or of three times three beats in a bar.—The Triple Event winning the Oaks St Leger and Derby.
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Examples
- A triple cry of Hail, Victorious! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The triple crown of the popes is more commonly called the tiara. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Her engines are of the twin screw, vertical triple expansion direct acting inverted cylinder type. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- That is, he had lain down where the ground fell sharply away below the triple belt of wire and shouted up at the rock and earth parapet. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- As he approached he looked up at the triple row of windows, wondering boyishly which one of them was hers. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Many improvements have been made on the disc stoves and they are sold not only as single, but as double or twin, and triple discs. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I have already assured you of my fidelity, said Raymond with disdainful coldness, triple assertions will avail nothing where one is despised. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Editor: Luke