Definition of triple

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tri·ple    (trpl) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:

1. Consisting of three parts or members.
2. Three times as much in size, strength, number, or amount.
3. Music Having three beats to a measure.

NOUN:

1. A number or quantity three times as great as another.
2. A group or set of three; a triad.
3. Baseball See three-base hit.
4. See trifecta.

VERB:
tri·pled, tri·pling, tri·ples
VERB:
tr.

To make three times as great in number or amount.

VERB:
intr.

1. To be or become three times as great in number or amount.
2. Baseball To make a three-base hit.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, from Latin triplus (on the model of Greek triploos) : Latin tri-, three; see trei- in Indo-European roots + -plus, -fold; see pel-² in Indo-European roots