triple
pronunciation
How to pronounce triple in British English:
UK [ˈtrɪpl]
How to pronounce triple in American English:
US [ˈtrɪpl]
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- Noun:
- a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base
- a quantity that is three times as great as another
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- Verb:
- increase threefold
- hit a three-base hit
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- Adjective:
- having three units or components or elements
- three times as great or many
Word Origin
- triple (v.)
- late 14c., from Medieval Latin triplare "to triple," from Latin triplus "threefold, triple," from tri- "three" (see tri-) + -plus "-fold" (see -plus). Related: Tripled; tripling.
- triple (adj.)
- early 15c., from Old French triple or directly from Latin triplus (see triple (adj.)). As a noun, early 15c., "a triple sum or quantity," from the adjective. The baseball sense of "a three-base hit" is attested from 1880. Related: Triply (adv.). Triple-decker is from 1940 of sandwiches and wedding cakes, 1942 of beds.
Synonym
tricorn trilobate triformed trifid triradiate three-legged tricolor triform tri-cornered threecolor trifoliate tricuspid trifurcate trigonal trigonous tridentate trident three-cornered
tristate three-ply three-phase trine triparted treble three-piece threesome ternary threefold ternate trinal trinary tripartite three-part tricyclic
Example
- 1. The international energy agency expects china 's imports of oil to triple by 2030 .
- 2. The deal , valued at 3.4 billion euros , could more than triple capacity .
- 3. After a successful triple bypass operation in late january 2008 , he retired from public life .
- 4. Global ipo volumes would still need to nearly triple this year to reach 2007 boom-time levels .
- 5. But vw 's net profit was almost triple the $ 7.6 billion g.m. earned last year .