triple
/ˈtɹɪp.əl/ verb C2- To multiply by three. · The company tripled their earnings per share over last quarter.
- To get a three-base hit. · The batter tripled into the gap.
- To become three times as large. · Our earnings have tripled in the last year.
- To serve or operate as (something), in addition to two other functions.
He/she/it triples · Past tripled · Past participle tripled · -ing form tripling
Verb forms
- Base form
- triple
- He/she/it
- triples
- Past
- tripled
- Past participle
- tripled
- -ing form
- tripling
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Without going into details, I may say that it defined the position of Great Britain towards the Triple Alliance, and fore-shadowed the policy which this country would pursue in the event of the French fleet gaining a complete ascendancy over that of Italy in the Mediterranean.
Ali suddenly cast aside his chibouque, drew the lasso from his pocket, threw it so skilfully as to catch the forelegs of the near horse in its triple fold, and suffered himself to be dragged on for a few steps by the violence of the shock, then the animal fell over on the pole, which snapped, and therefore prevented the other horse from pursuing its way.
Andrea had not spoken without cause of the pretty rooms looking out upon the court of the Bell Hotel, which with its triple galleries like those of a theatre, with the jessamine and clematis twining round the light columns, forms one of the prettiest entrances to an inn that you can imagine.
“Sir,” said Villefort, striving to struggle against this triple force and his own emotion,—“sir, you are deceived; no one commits crimes here.
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