triplicate

[noun, adjective trip-li-kit, -keyt; verb trip-li-keyt]

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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.

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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Related Words for triplicate

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

Examples from the Web for triplicate

Historical Examples of triplicate

Bills of exchange are usually drawn in duplicate and sometimes in triplicate.
Up To Date Business
Various
He made a copy of the indent in triplicate, as well as an office copy.
In Mesopotamia
Martin Swayne
Herewith you have in triplicate and copy of my former letters.
The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I
Various
They are like a three-headed Charles I—or a triplicate Geibel.
Gems (?) of German Thought
Various
And with the lock they had supplied two keys; they had not retained a triplicate.
The Mystery of Lincoln's Inn
Robert Machray

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

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.