triple
verb/ˈtrɪpl/
/ˈtrɪpl/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they triple | /ˈtrɪpl/ /ˈtrɪpl/ |
| he / she / it triples | /ˈtrɪplz/ /ˈtrɪplz/ |
| past simple tripled | /ˈtrɪpld/ /ˈtrɪpld/ |
| past participle tripled | /ˈtrɪpld/ /ˈtrɪpld/ |
| -ing form tripling | /ˈtrɪplɪŋ/ /ˈtrɪplɪŋ/ |
- to become, or to make something, three times as much or as many synonym treble
- Output should triple by next year.
- The figure has more than tripled to 67%.
- triple something The company recently tripled the size of its operation.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryTriple is used with these nouns as the subject:- value
- number
- salary
- sale
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (as an adjective and adverb): from Old French, or from Latin triplus, from Greek triplous.
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