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triplicate

[ noun, adjective trip-li-kit, -keyt; verb trip-li-keyt ]
/ noun, adjective ˈtrɪp lɪ kɪt, -ˌkeɪt; verb ˈtrɪp lɪˌkeɪt /
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noun

one of three identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.

verb (used with object), trip·li·cat·ed, trip·li·cat·ing.

to make threefold; triple.
to make in triplicate: to triplicate a report before releasing it.

adjective

produced in or consisting of three copies or parts; threefold; triple: triplicate contracts.

RELATED WORDS

threesome, triumvirate, trilogy, troika, triad, leash, triple, trinity, trine, triplet, triangle, triptych, trey, ternion, trio, triplicity, third, trichotomy, trivium, ternary

Nearby words

  1. triplegia,
  2. triplet,
  3. tripletail,
  4. tripleton,
  5. triplex,
  6. triplicity,
  7. triplite,
  8. triploblastic,
  9. triploid,
  10. triplopia

Idioms

    in triplicate,
    1. in three identical copies: This letter should be done in triplicate.
    2. threefold: That goes for me, too, in triplicate.

Origin of triplicate

1400–50; late Middle English (adj.) < Latin triplicātus (past participle of triplicāre to triple), equivalent to triplic- (stem of triplex) triplex + -ātus -ate1
Related formstrip·li·ca·tion, nounsub·trip·li·cate, adjectivesub·trip·li·cat·ed, adjectivesub·trip·li·ca·tion, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for triplicate

triplicate

adjective (ˈtrɪplɪkɪt)

triple

verb (ˈtrɪplɪˌkeɪt)

to multiply or be multiplied by three

noun (ˈtrɪplɪkɪt)

  1. a group of three things
  2. one of such a group
in triplicate written out three times
Derived Formstriplication, noun

Word Origin for triplicate

C15: from Latin triplicāre to triple, from triplex
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Word Origin and History for triplicate

triplicate

adj.

early 15c., "triple, threefold," from Latin triplicatus, past participle of triplicare "to triple," from tri- "three" (see tri-) + plicare "to fold" see ply (v.1)). The verb meaning "to multiply by three" is recorded from 1620s.

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