TRIPLICATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does triplicate mean? 

• TRIPLICATE (noun)
  The noun TRIPLICATE has 1 sense:

1. one of three copies; any of three things that correspond to one another exactly

  Familiarity information: TRIPLICATE used as a noun is very rare.

• TRIPLICATE (verb)
  The verb TRIPLICATE has 1 sense:

1. reproduce threefold

  Familiarity information: TRIPLICATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIPLICATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of three copies; any of three things that correspond to one another exactly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("triplicate" is a kind of...):

copy (a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing)

Derivation:

triple (increase threefold)

triplicate (reproduce threefold)

• TRIPLICATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they triplicate    ... he / she / it triplicates   
Past simple: triplicated   
Past participle: triplicated   
-ing form: triplicating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reproduce threefold

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

triplicate the letter for the committee

Hypernyms (to "triplicate" is one way to...):

reproduce (make a copy or equivalent of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

triplicate (one of three copies; any of three things that correspond to one another exactly)