tripling

Multiplying by three

Tripling is increasing something threefold or making three copies of it.

The word usually appears as a verb form: The company is tripling its workforce.

As a noun, a tripling refers to the act itself: a tripling of prices over the decade.

increase

threefold

Having three parts

  • surgeSudden powerful increase
  • spikeSharp rise or point
  • jumpPropel oneself airborne

boost · multiplication · escalation · amplification · augmentation · accumulation · intensification · rise · leap · soaring

threeness

treble

High frequency range

trilogy · triptych · trinity · tripod · triangular · trio · tripartite · trifecta · tercet · triplets

mathematics

multiply

Increase in number

arithmetic · times · calculator · computation · numerical · algebra · equation · operation · exponentiation · coefficient

bicycle

tandem

Sequential two-person arrangement

chain · gears · helmet · wheel · frame · brakes · cycling · handlebars · saddle · spokes

cricket

batting

Swinging at pitches

overs · innings · runout · fielder · umpire · century · sixes · boundaries · pitch · crease

Categories
Opposites
multiplicative change direction

triplinghalving

Dividing into two

quartering · shrinking · reducing · diminishing · contracting

magnitude of increase

triplingdoubling

Multiplying by two

unchanged · stagnating · quadrupling · quintupling

rate of growth/decline

triplingcollapsing

Falling inward suddenly

plummeting · crashing · dwindling · stagnating · plateauing

Family

triplicate, triplication

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G