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
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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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
This doctrine of a triplicated Deity appearing at the beginning of a new creation may be traced in nearly every country of the globe.
From The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion by Gamble, Eliza Burt
In the Theogony of Hesiod, Uranus is represented as being the parent of three sons, and the same legend repeated in the story of Cronus portrays him also as a triplicated deity.
From The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion by Gamble, Eliza Burt
In a soft boudoir of French grays, French doors, cerulean blues, and a litter of every extravagant requisite of the toilet, Lilly faced herself in a cunningly triplicated mirror.
From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie
Between them they stowed away a prodigious amount of food, this man and woman, and it was not till I had duplicated and triplicated their original orders that they showed signs of easing down.
From The People of the Abyss by London, Jack
"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 Meredith, George
I have discovered the art of duplicating, triplicating, polyplicating memories.
From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel
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