triplicate
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
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to make threefold; triple.
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to make in triplicate.
to triplicate a report before releasing it.
adjective
idioms
adjective
verb
noun
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a group of three things
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one of such a group
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written out three times
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Etymology
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 -ate 1
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Death by a thousand forms filed in triplicate.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 30, 2025
Opposing the Saja Boys is the movie’s equivalent of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but in triplicate.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2025
The numbers are protracted by Stroman’s strenuously energetic choreography, which seems to give every dance sequence the hard sell in triplicate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
Cultures of the two strains of yeast were diluted, and nutrient-containing plates were inoculated in triplicate at 23 °C. The plates were exposed to bright sunlight for varying time intervals.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Every month, he filled out coffee requisition forms in triplicate.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
Safely arrayed at three of the Earth–Moon Lagrange points, this triplicated consciousness tracked every component, body and course as the programme escalated.
From Nature ● Nov. 5, 2019
The Jakuthi Tartars, who are said to be the most numerous people of Siberia, worship a triplicated Deity under the three denominations of Artugon and Schugo-tangon and Tangara.
From The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion by Eliza Burt Gamble
In their mythology these germs are represented by a parent and a triplicated offspring.
From The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion by Eliza Burt Gamble
Among the Otaheitans and various tribes of Indians, the belief prevails that all created things have proceeded from a triplicated deity who was saved from the ravages of a flood in an ark or ship.
From The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion by Eliza Burt Gamble
A. The chevron, or zig-zag, which is not always single, but often duplicated, triplicated, or quadrupled.
From The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed. by Matthew Holbeche Bloxam
I have discovered the art of duplicating, triplicating, polyplicating memories.
From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Israel Zangwill
"Otherwise, my dear, we are in danger of duplicating and triplicating and quadruplicating, not at all to the satisfaction of the bride."
From The Egoist by George Meredith
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