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tri·ple / ˈtripəl/ • adj. consisting of or involving three parts, things, or people: a triple murder triple somersaults. ∎ having three times the usual size, quality, or strength: a triple dark rum. ∎ (of a person or animal) having done or won something three times: a triple champion. • n. 1. a set of three things or parts. ∎ an amount that is three times as large as another: the triples of numbers. ∎ Bowling three consecutive strikes. 2. (triples) a sporting contest in which each side has three players. 3. (Triples) Bell-ringing a system of change ringing using seven bells, with three pairs changing places each time. 4. Baseball a hit that enables the batter to reach third base. 5. another term for trifecta. • v. [intr.] 1. become three times as much or as many: grain prices were expected to triple. ∎ [tr.] multiply (something) by three: the party more than tripled its share of the vote. 2. Baseball hit a triple: he tripled into right field. DERIVATIVES: trip·ly / ˈtriplē/ adv. |
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"triple." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "triple." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-triple.html "triple." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-triple.html |
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triple consisting of or involving three things, parts, or people.
Triple Alliance a union or association between three powers or states, in particular that made in 1668 between England, the Netherlands, and Sweden against France, and that in 1882 between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy against France and Russia. triple crown a name for the papal tiara, recorded from the mid 16th century, and referred to in Shakespeare's 2 Henry VI (1592). In horse-racing, the triple crown is the winning of the Two Thousand Guineas, the Derby, and the St Leger by the same horse. triple-witching hour in the US, an informal name for the unpredictable final hour of trading on the US Stock Exchange before the simultaneous expiry of three different kinds of options; the term is a development of witching hour. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "triple." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "triple." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-triple.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "triple." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-triple.html |
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triple adj. XVI; sb. XV. — (O)F. triple or L. triplus — Gr. triploûs, f. TRI- + pl- (see FOLD2), for L. triplex (whence triplex XVII).
So triplicate adj. XV; sb. XVIII. — L. triplicātus, pp. of triplicāre, f. triplex, -ic-, triplicity threefold condition; division into three groups of the signs of the Zodiac. XIV. — late L. triplicitās. Hence triplet set of three, as of lines of verse (XVII), notes of music (XIX); one of three at a birth (XVIII). |
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T. F. HOAD. "triple." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "triple." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-triple.html T. F. HOAD. "triple." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-triple.html |
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triple
•apple, chapel, chappal, Chappell, dapple, grapple, scrapple
•scalpel
•ample, trample
•pineapple
•carpal, carpel
•example, sample
•sepal
•stemple, temple
•maple, papal, staple
•peepul, people, steeple
•tradespeople • sportspeople
•townspeople • workpeople
•cripple, fipple, nipple, ripple, stipple, tipple, triple
•dimple, pimple, simple, wimple
•Oedipal • maniple • manciple
•municipal
•principal, principle
•participle • multiple
•archetypal, disciple, typal
•prototypal
•hopple, popple, stopple, topple
•gospel
•Constantinople, copal, nopal, opal, Opel
•duple, pupal, pupil, scruple
•quadruple • septuple • sextuple
•quintuple • octuple
•couple, supple
•crumple, rumple, scrumple
•syncopal • episcopal • purple
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"triple." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "triple." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-triple.html "triple." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-triple.html |
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