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TRIPLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does triple mean?
• TRIPLE (noun)
The noun TRIPLE has 3 senses:
1. a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base
2. a set of three similar things considered as a unit
3. a quantity that is three times as great as another
Familiarity information: TRIPLE used as a noun is uncommon.
• TRIPLE (adjective)
The adjective TRIPLE has 2 senses:
1. having three units or components or elements
2. three times as great or many
Familiarity information: TRIPLE used as an adjective is rare.
• TRIPLE (verb)
The verb TRIPLE has 2 senses:
1. increase threefold
2. hit a three-base hit
Familiarity information: TRIPLE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
three-bagger; three-base hit; triple
Hypernyms ("triple" is a kind of...):
base hit; safety ((baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "triple"):
line-drive triple; line triple (a triple resulting from a line drive)
Derivation:
triple (hit a three-base hit)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A set of three similar things considered as a unit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("triple" is a kind of...):
set (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "triple"):
trilogy (a set of three literary or dramatic works related in subject or theme)
trigon; triplicity ((astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each group consists of three signs separated from each other by 120 degrees)
Instance hyponyms:
Trimurti (the triad of divinities of later Hinduism)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A quantity that is three times as great as another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("triple" is a kind of...):
multiple (the product of a quantity by an integer)
Derivation:
triple (increase threefold)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having three units or components or elements
Synonyms:
ternary; treble; triple; triplex
Context example:
triplex windows
Similar:
multiple (having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Three times as great or many
Synonyms:
three-fold; threefold; treble; triple
Context example:
a threefold increase
Similar:
multiple (having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual)
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it triples Past simple: tripled
Past participle: tripled
-ing form: tripling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Increase threefold
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
treble; triple
Context example:
Triple your income!
Hypernyms (to "triple" is one way to...):
manifold; multiply (combine or increase by multiplication)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence examples:
They triple their earnings this year
Their earnings triple this year
Derivation:
triple (a quantity that is three times as great as another)
triplicate (one of three copies; any of three things that correspond to one another exactly)
tripling (increase by a factor of three)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Hit a three-base hit
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "triple" is one way to...):
hit (cause to move by striking)
Domain category:
ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
triple (a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base)
Context examples
Collagen triple helix repeat-containing protein 1 (243 aa, ~26 kDa) is encoded by the human CTHRC1 gene.
(Collagen Triple Helix Repeat-Containing Protein 1, NCI Thesaurus)
With this triple killing his main troubles with dogs ceased.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Research also confirmed that the asteroid is only the third triple asteroid (with two orbiting moons) known out of more than 16,400 near-Earth examples discovered so far.
(Biggest Asteroid Ever Detected Flies Past Earth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
This allele, which encodes collagen triple helix repeat-containing protein 1, plays a role in the cellular response to arterial injury through involvement in vascular remodeling.
(CTHRC1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
"This is the strongest evidence yet found for such a triple system of actively feeding supermassive black holes."
(Three Black Holes on Collision Course, NASA)
Obesity levels worldwide have almost tripled since 1975, making it one of the most pressing public health challenges today.
(Menu labelling linked to less fat and salt in food, University of Cambridge)
An organic compound that is likely to cause cancer and contains only carbon and hydrogen that can be arranged in rows, rings, or both, and connected by single, double or triple bonds.
(Carcinogenic Hydrocarbon, NCI Thesaurus)
Collagen Genes encode different forms of Collagen, the principle fibrous protein of connective tissue, all consisting of triple helix alpha-polypeptide chains.
(Collagen Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
When mosquitoes take in a blood meal, they can double or triple their body weight.
(Novel insecticide blocks mosquitoes’ ability to urinate, NIH)
A genus of non-enveloped, non-turreted viruses with a triple capsid structure, in the family Reoviridae.
(Orbivirus, NCI Thesaurus)
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