triple

³triple

adj

Definition of TRIPLE

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)

Examples of TRIPLE

1. She got a new job with triple the salary of her old one.
2. He ordered a triple espresso.

Origin of TRIPLE

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

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to TRIPLE

Synonyms: threefold, treble, triadic, tripartite, triplex

Related Words: triplicate

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Other Number-Related Terms

jubilee, myriad, quarantine, score, twain