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triplicate

American  
[trip-li-kit, -keyt, trip-li-keyt] / ˈtrɪp lɪ kɪt, -ˌkeɪt, ˈtrɪp lɪˌkeɪt /

noun

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

verb (used with object)

triplicated, triplicating

  1. to make threefold; triple.

  2. to make in triplicate.

    to triplicate a report before releasing it.

adjective

  1. produced in or consisting of three copies or parts; threefold; triple.

    triplicate contracts.

idioms

  1. in triplicate,

    1. in three identical copies.

      This letter should be done in triplicate.

    2. threefold.

      That goes for me, too, in triplicate.
triplicate British  

adjective

  1. triple

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verb

  1. to multiply or be multiplied by three

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noun

    1. a group of three things

    2. one of such a group

  2. written out three times

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Other Word Forms

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

Example Sentences

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His last three albums, 2015’s Shadows in the Night, 2016’s Fallen Angels and 2017’s Triplicate, mined its nooks and crannies compulsively.

From The Guardian • Jun. 20, 2020

Kunstal told the Del Norte Triplicate last year that the county’s road superintendent had marked the trees as candidates for removal but that a project had not been prioritized or funded.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2019

In late January, he announced yet another volume due out this week, a three-disc set titled Triplicate.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2017

The three-disc album "Triplicate" will be released on March 31.

From Reuters • Mar. 23, 2017

Triplicate data for each developmental time point was averaged and then row normalized according to the developmental time point that displayed the highest expression level and then plotted as a heatmap.

From Nature • Mar. 13, 2013

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