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TRIPLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base
Synonyms:
three-bagger; three-base hit; triple
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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 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 3
Meaning:
A set of three similar things considered as a unit
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
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)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having three units or components or elements
Example:
triplex windows
Synonyms:
ternary; treble; triple; triplex
Classified under:
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
Example:
a threefold increase
Synonyms:
three-fold; threefold; treble; triple
Classified under:
Similar:
multiple (having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they triple ... he / she / it triples
Past simple: tripled
Past participle: tripled
-ing form: tripling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Increase threefold
Example:
Triple your income!
Synonyms:
treble; triple
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
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:
This polypeptide is comprised of the amino terminal portions of fibrillar collagen, which are not part of the triple helical structure.
(N-Telopeptide, NCI Thesaurus)
The compounds can be single ring, or double, triple, or multiple fused rings.
(Aromatic Hydrocarbon, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The triple combination also proved effective in the lab against a panel of strains taken from 72 other clinical cases of MRSA.
(Antibiotic Combinations May Combat MRSA Infections, NIH)
After one month, researchers found that, on average, blood levels of TMAO in these participants tripled, compared to when they were on the diets high in either white meat or non-meat protein sources.
(Study links frequent red meat consumption to high levels of chemical associated with heart disease, National Institutes of Health)
Glucose uptake nearly tripled in mice fat cells exposed to red rice bran extracts and more than doubled with purple rice bran extracts.
(Colored Rice May Brighten the Menu for Diabetics in the Future, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
In other words, the ‘brrr-hm’ call more than tripled the chances of a successful interaction, yielding honey for the humans and wax for the bird, says Spottiswoode.
(How humans and wild Honeyguide birds call each other to help, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Below on either side of the steps were forty or fifty barons, knights, and courtiers, ranged in a triple row to the right and the left, with a clear passage in the centre.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Kringle domains are characterised by a triple loop, 3-disulphide bridge structure, whose conformation is defined by a number of hydrogen bonds and small pieces of anti-parallel beta-sheet.
(Kringle Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
A species of non-enveloped, spherical viruses with an icosahedral symmetry of triple capsid structure in the Reoviridae family and Coltivirus genus.
(Colorado Tick Fever Virus, NCI Thesaurus)
The new planet circles Proxima Centauri, the smallest member of a triple star system known to science fiction fans everywhere as Alpha Centauri.
(ESO Discovers Earth-Size Planet in Habitable Zone of Nearest Star, NASA)
