tripartite

adjective tri·par·tite \ (ˌ)trī-ˈpär-ˌtīt \

Updated on: 18 Apr 2018

Definition of tripartite

1 : divided into or composed of three parts

2 : having three corresponding parts or copies

3 : made between or involving three parties

a tripartite treaty

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Examples of tripartite in a Sentence

negotiated a tripartite agreement with its trading partner, with the first and second parts coming into effect immediately and the last part five years later

Recent Examples of tripartite from the Web

According to Dimon, however, price control will play no part in the tripartite group's approach to healthcare reform.

— michael hiltzik, latimes.com, "That big Bezos/Buffett/Dimon healthcare initiative is already bogged down in blather," 5 Apr. 2018
Foreign Minister Timo Soini said in an interview with Finnish broadcaster MTV3 that nuclear weapons are not expected to be discussed at the tripartite talks.

— Washington Post, "Finnish FM: Koreas, US talks won’t include denuclearization," 20 Mar. 2018
Passing a new law in time for general elections - for the tripartite presidency and the House of Representatives - isn't that easy.

— chicagotribune.com, "Bosnia is teetering on the precipice of a political crisis," 21 Mar. 2018
From its inception, Russia relied on a tripartite loyalty to what was later articulated as Orthodoxy, autocracy and nationality.

— jennifer siegel, WSJ, "The Origins of Putin’s Land Grab," 10 Oct. 2017
This tripartite structure mimics the Odyssey, which starts with Telemachus searching for his father, moves to Odysseus’s accounts of his adventures, and ends with Odysseus’s return home to his wife Penelope and father Laertes.

— giancarlo buonomo, New Republic, "Some People Just Don’t Like The Odyssey," 3 Oct. 2017
The tripartite arrangement has worked at state-level, but has never been tried on a national level.

— ishaan tharoor, Washington Post, "The rise of Germany’s far right leaves Merkel stuck with the ‘Jamaican’ option," 25 Sep. 2017
In July, the IOC unanimously voted to try to seek out a tripartite agreement with the cities.

— rachel axon, USA TODAY, "Here's what's next for Los Angeles in plan to host 2028 Olympics," 11 Sep. 2017
No one really knows, but here’s my tripartite guess.

— valerie strauss, Washington Post, "Most teachers believe that kids have different ‘learning styles.’ Here’s why they are wrong.," 5 Sep. 2017

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