TRIPLE


Meaning of TRIPLE in English

I. ˈtri-pəl verb

( tri·pled ; tri·pling -p(ə-)liŋ)

Etymology: Middle English (Scots), from Late Latin triplare, from Latin triplus, adjective

Date: 14th century

transitive verb

1. : to make three times as great or as many

2.

a. : to score (a base runner) by a triple

b. : to bring about the scoring of (a run) by a triple

intransitive verb

1. : to become three times as great or as numerous

their profits tripled last year

2. : to make a triple in baseball

II. noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Latin triplus, adjective

Date: 15th century

1.

a. : a triple sum, quantity, or number

b. : a combination, group, or series of three

2. : a base hit that allows the batter to reach third base safely

3. : trifecta 1

III. adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Latin triplus, from tri- + -plus multiplied by — more at -fold

Date: 15th century

1. : being three times as great or as many

2. : having or involving three units or members

triple bypass heart surgery

3. : having a threefold relation or character

worked as a double or even triple agent — Time

4.

a. : three times repeated : treble

b. : having three full revolutions

a triple somersault

a triple lutz

5. : marked by three beats per musical measure

triple meter

6.

a. : having units of three components

triple feet

b. of rhyme : involving correspondence of three syllables (as in unfortunate-importunate )

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.