transcription, транскрипция: [ treb(ə)l ]
( trebles, trebling, trebled)
1.
If something trebles or if you treble it, it becomes three times greater in number or amount than it was.
They will have to pay much more when rents treble in January...
The city has trebled the number of its prisoners to 21,000.
= triple
VERB : V , V n
• tre‧bling
A new threat to Bulgaria’s stability is the week-old miners’ strike for a trebling of minimum pay.
N-SING : oft N of n
2.
If one thing is treble the size or amount of another thing, it is three times greater in size or amount.
More than 7 million shares changed hands, treble the normal daily average.
= triple
PREDET : PREDET det n
3.
A treble is a boy with a very high singing voice.
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4.
In sport, a treble is three successes one after the other, for example winning three horse races on the same day, or winning three competitions in the same season. ( mainly BRIT JOURNALISM )
The win completed a treble for them–they already claimed a league and cup double this year.
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