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triple
 
Adjective triple has 2 senses
  1. ternary, treble, triple, triplex - having three units or components or elements; "a ternary operation"; "a treble row of red beads"; "overcrowding made triple sessions necessary"; "triple time has three beats per measure"; "triplex windows"
    Antonym: single (indirect, via multiple)
  2. treble, threefold, triple - three times as great or many; "a claim for treble (or triple) damages"; "a threefold increase"
    Antonym: single (indirect, via multiple)
Noun triple has 2 senses
  1. triple, three-base hit, three-bagger - a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base
    --1 is a kind of base hit, safety, bingle
    --1 has particulars: line-drive triple, line triple
    Derived form: verb triple2
  2. triple - a quantity that is three times as great as another
    --2 is a kind of     multiple
    Derived form: verb triple1
Verb triple has 2 senses
  1. triple, treble - increase threefold; "Triple your income!"
    --1 is one way to multiply, manifold
    Derived forms: noun triple2, noun triplicate1, noun tripling1
    Sample sentences:
    They triple their earnings this year
    Their earnings triple this year
  2. triple - hit a three-base hit
    --2 is one way to     hit
    Derived form: noun triple1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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