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triple

adj.
B1 Intermediate US //ˈtɹɪpəɫ// UK //tɹˈɪpəl// triple Archaic Informal

adj. made of three parts or three times as much as usual.

adj. consisting of three parts, things, or individuals; three times as great or as many.


SIMPLE

I would like a triple espresso please.

CONTEXTUAL

The company reported a triple increase in profits compared to the same quarter last year.

COMPLEX

The athlete achieved a rare triple victory, winning the hundred-meter sprint, the long jump, and the relay within a single afternoon.

Synonyms
Origin

PIE word *tréyes From Middle English triple (also þripell), from Latin triplus. Doublet of treble.

Usage

Typically functions as an attributive adjective placed before the noun it modifies.

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