triple

Multiply by three

Triple does all the jobs in American English revolving around the number three that treble does in British English.

Before another noun it means three (triple threat).

Triple time in music has three beats to the measure.

To triple something is to multiply it by three.

To triple in baseball means to hit a ball that allows the hitter to reach third base.

The noun triple refers to things with three parts, like a hit in baseball that carries the hitter to third base.

threefold

tripartite

Consisting of three parts

trifecta · trinity · tripod · trio · ternary · treble · triune · triplicity · trisection · trimester

increase

multiply

Increase in number

surge · escalate · boost · amplify · threefold · percentage · gains · returns · revenue · output

skating

axel

Rotating ice leap

  • lutzBackward-edge skating jump
  • salchowFigure skating jump
  • flipQuick turning motion

loop · toe · jump · landing · rotation · combination · element · technical · score · base

multiplication

multiply

Increase in number

  • timesOccurrences or multiplications
  • productManufactured item for sale
  • factorContributor to result

calculation · arithmetic · mathematics · computation · algorithm · equation · integer · digit · numeric · exponentiation

baseball

play

Recreation or staged drama

bases · hit · inning · outfield · sliding · steal · lineup · diamond · dugout · gap

crown

thoroughbred

Of pure ancestral line

winner · champion · achievement · racing · stakes · jockey · classic · series · sweep · title

Categories
Opposites
numerical multiplicity

triplesingle

One in number

one · individual · double · singular · pair

direction of change

triplethird

Position number three

reduce · decrease · trisect · diminish · halve

Phrases
Family

triplet, tripled, triple crown, triples, tripling, triply, triple jump, triplicate, triple sec

Familiarity
Top 5,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G