triple

verb

tri·ple | \ ˈtri-pəl

tripled; tripling\ ˈtri-p(ə-)liŋ

Definition of triple

(Entry 1 of 3)

transitive verb

1 : to make three times as great or as many

2a : to score (a base runner) by a triple

b : to bring about the scoring of (a run) by a triple

intransitive verb

1 : to become three times as great or as numerous their profits tripled last year

2 : to make a triple in baseball

triple

noun

Definition of triple (Entry 2 of 3)

1a : a triple sum, quantity, or number

b : a combination, group, or series of three

2 : a base hit that allows the batter to reach third base safely

3 : trifecta sense 2

triple

adjective

Definition of triple (Entry 3 of 3)

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

4a : 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

6a : having units of three components triple feet

b of rhyme : involving correspondence of three syllables (as in unfortunate-importunate)

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Examples of triple in a Sentence

Verb

He tripled his winnings at the track. The town's population has tripled in size. He tripled to right field.

Noun

that triple of terrors for the wintertime driver: snow, ice, and sleet

Adjective

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

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

Courtesy of Beauer Details: Originally conceived in 2009, the Beauer 3X trailer is an expandable caravan that triples in size thanks to its telescoping design. — Megan Barber, Curbed, "5 campers pushing RV design into the future," 28 Sep. 2018 The tracking stock was created to help Dell finance its $67-billion purchase of data storage company EMC Corp. in 2016, the largest technology takeover ever at the time and one that nearly tripled Dell’s debt load. — Bloomberg, latimes.com, "Dell stock will trade publicly again, five years after leveraged buyout," 3 July 2018 Last school year, about one-third of foreigners studying in the U.S. were from China, according to the Institute of International Education, a proportion that has tripled over 10 years. — Bloomberg.com, "LeBron Is a Player... in U.S.-China Trade Thanks to NBA Deals," 5 June 2018 That drove in Logan Lawson, who had tripled in the tying run. — Mike Hutton, chicagotribune.com, "Squeezing out a win: Chris Torres' bunt sends Chesterton baseball to first regional title in 24 years," 3 June 2018 Maryland is among the high-major schools reportedly interested in Martin, who more than tripled his freshman-year scoring average (19.8 points per game) last season. — baltimoresun.com, "Digest: Glen Burnie's Kaplan to participate in MLB's Girls Baseball Breakthrough Series," 22 May 2018 Last week, two drug companies that jointly sell a blood-cancer drug made a rare decision: to not move forward with changes that would have effectively tripled the cost of a lifesaving medicine for some patients. — Carolyn Y. Johnson, ajc, "After outcry, drugmakers decide not to triple the price of a cancer pill," 16 May 2018 Last week, two drug companies that jointly sell a blood-cancer drug made a rare decision: to not move forward with changes that would have effectively tripled the cost of a lifesaving medicine for some patients. — Washington Post, BostonGlobe.com, "After outcry, drug makers decide not to triple the price of a cancer pill," 15 May 2018 An expansion that triples the size and the seating capacity of Buckley’s Restaurant & Bar downtown, long in the works, is making headway. — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Citing downtown 'renaissance,' Buckley's Restaurant expanding," 8 May 2018

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

Then in the seventh, Brandon Nimmo hit a one-out triple, and Todd Frazier and Cabrera stranded him as the fans unleashed loud boos. — David Waldstein, New York Times, "Jacob deGrom Blames Himself as the Mets Lose to the Dodgers in a Team Effort," 24 June 2018 Florida lost its first game to Texas Tech on Sunday while India hit a triple and drew two walks. — Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, "Reds second baseman Scooter Gennett wishes players could vote on All-Star Game starters," 19 June 2018 Yan Sauri hit a triple and TJ Cheli doubled to lead the Chiefs. — Lauren Green, Philly.com, "Thursday's South Jersey roundup: Buena baseball upsets Haddon Heights," 24 May 2018 Kendall Johnson followed tha up by hitting a triple in the sixth before scoring on a sacrifice fly to centerfield to extend the advantage. — J.c. Carnahan, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Montverde Academy rally comes up short in softball state semifinal," 22 May 2018 Cade Fergus hit a triple that cleared the bases when they were loaded in the fifth. — David Furones, Sun-Sentinel.com, "St. Thomas Aquinas gets pair of regional playoff victories on home diamonds," 9 May 2018 The Crusaders trailed 7-2 heading into the bottom of the sixth but got base hits from Stuprich and Stromboe before Brown hit a two-RBI triple in the seventh. — Jim Derry, NOLA.com, "Re-live the top plays from a zany St. Paul's-Jesuit 12-inning thriller," 6 May 2018 The dynamic point guard had 16 points, 16 assists and 15 rebounds in his seventh straight triple-double, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Orlando Magic 132-122 on Tuesday night. — Cliff Brunt, The Seattle Times, "Westbrook’s 7th straight triple-double leads OKC past Magic," 5 Feb. 2019 Key stats: Hit .521 with 37 runs, 14 doubles, five triples, four homers and 39 RBIs. — Paul Johnson, Elgin Courier-News, "Introducing the 2018 Courier-News Softball All-Area Team," 26 June 2018

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective

The plane will use new AMBER missile racks to nearly triple the aircraft’s air-to-air missile capability, from 8 to 22. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "The U.S. Air Force Is Buying New F-15s After All," 19 Feb. 2019 Research by Gabriel Zucman, an economist at the University of California, Berkeley, shows that the richest 0.1% now own 19% of national wealth, about triple the concentration that existed in the late 1970s and nearing the levels of the late 1920s. — Richard Rubin, WSJ, "Democrats Take Aim at the Reagan Tax Revolution," 15 Feb. 2019 The dot-com bubble of the late 1990s, when high-tech stocks sold at unprecedented triple-digit earnings multiples, and the real-estate bubble of the early 2000s bear witness to similar patterns of euphoria and depression. — Burton G. Malkiel, WSJ, "‘Mastering the Market Cycle’ Review: The Dangers of Optimism," 8 Oct. 2018 Fifteen hundred people endured triple-digit Arizona heat Wednesday and waited in long lines outside the Arizona Capitol to attend a public viewing honoring the late Sen. John McCain. — Fox News, "1,500 line up in Arizona heat to pay respects to John McCain," 29 Aug. 2018 Max Q gaming laptops like the Razer Blade 15 can hit triple digits and reach the 144 fps target as well, but not as consistently as the Chimera can. — Stefan Etienne, The Verge, "Asus Chimera G703GI review: bigger, better, more compromise," 14 Aug. 2018 But just imagine skaters doing triple axels on a silvery mirror gallium surface. — Brian Resnick, Vox, "The surprising science of why ice is so slippery," 31 Jan. 2019 That is more than triple the valuation Acorns attained in a 2016 financing... — Peter Rudegeair, WSJ, "Investing Startup Acorns Surpasses Betterment in Latest Funding Round," 28 Jan. 2019 Just be triple sure to turn off all your burners when you're finished! — Audrey Bruno, SELF, "This Is How to Cook Well With an Electric Stove," 28 Jan. 2019

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