triple
threefold; consisting of three parts: a triple knot.
of three kinds; threefold in character or relationship.
three times as great.
International Law. tripartite.
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
a group, set, or series of three; something threefold; triad.
Also called three-base hit. Baseball. a base hit that enables a batter to reach third base safely.
Bowling. three strikes in succession.
to make triple.
Baseball. to cause to come into home plate by a triple: to triple a runner home; to triple a run in.
to become triple.
Baseball. to make a triple.
Origin of triple
1Words Nearby triple
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How to use triple in a sentence
Hallmark reports triple-digit growth in their e-commerce sales throughout 2020.
Some Austin restaurants are seeing double or triple the number of reservation cancellations
During the Pandemic, Restaurants Lose Even More When You No-Show Your Reservation | Erin Russell | February 10, 2021 | EaterDomantas Sabonis, an All-Star himself, logged 22 points of his own and had a triple-double.
Myles Turner’s Game Has Evolved. The Box Score Doesn’t Know It Yet. | Chris Herring (chris.herring@fivethirtyeight.com) | February 10, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightTaking time to triple-check the data isn’t just good scientific practice, it’s also important for ensuring the public trusts the vaccine.
Why South Africa stopped using the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine | Rahul Rao | February 8, 2021 | Popular-ScienceSan Diego Unified has an equity-based funding model that doubles and triples school-site funding above what the district receives in state allocations for disadvantaged students.
As Superintendent, Cindy Marten Succeeded Where Others Failed | Mel Katz | February 5, 2021 | Voice of San Diego
Elderly women played triple Double Diamond and Tiki Magic while they chain-smoked.
I Watched a Casino Kill Itself: The Awful Last Nights of Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal | Olivia Nuzzi | December 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe wine-producing countries of Spain, Italy, and France, suggest limits that are double and triple that of the U.S.
Americans Drink Too Much, But We’re Not All Alcoholics | Gabrielle Glaser | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Every single witness is inadmissible, hearsay, triple-hearsay,” said assistant state attorney Penny Brill in court yesterday.
Did Pablo Escobar Frame a Millionaire for Murdering Banana-Shipping Money Launderers? | Jacqui Goddard | November 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe emphasized that employing people with IDD is a triple win: the employer, the employee, and the federal government all benefit.
Hiring People With Disabilities Isn’t Just the Right Thing to Do—It’s Good for Business | Elizabeth Picciuto | October 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLast year they joined with the widows of the men from Popular Unity in calling for an investigation into the triple homicide.
When rapidly deposited, as by artificial precipitation, triple phosphate often takes feathery, star- or leaf-like forms.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThe sediment usually contains abundant amorphous phosphates and crystals of triple phosphate and ammonium urate.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddAt the beginning of 1917 I was offered the chance of production in a triple bill if I cut it down into a two-act play.
First Plays | A. A. MilneIt has no balconies outside, but, instead of this, a triple wreath of leaves round each story.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferIt was the man with the bluish cheek scar who had accosted him after the triple-killing in that office building.
British Dictionary definitions for triple
/ (ˈtrɪpəl) /
consisting of three parts; threefold
(of musical time or rhythm) having three beats in each bar
three times as great or as much
a threefold amount
a group of three
to increase or become increased threefold; treble
Origin of triple
1Derived forms of triple
- triply, adverb
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