triple

▪ I. triple trip‧le ¹ [ˈtrɪpl] adjective [only before a noun]

having three parts or members:

• Music sales saw triple-digit growth in the last financial year.

• a triple alliance of the government, state industries and foreign firms

  [m0] ▪ II. triple triple ² verb [intransitive, transitive]

to become three times as much or as many, or to make something do this; = TREBLE:

• Fourth quarter profits have tripled.

• The newspaper tripled its circulation in less than a year.

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triple UK US /ˈtrɪpl/ adjective [before noun]

► having three parts of the same type, or happening three times: a triple blow/threat »

The triple threat of late planting, a cool summer, and disease in September has annihilated much of the sunflower acreage.

► three times bigger in size or amount: »

Property purchases leapt to $464 million - nearly triple the amount for the previous year.

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triple UK US /ˈtrɪpl/ verb [I or T]

► to increase to three times the size or amount, or to make something do this: profits/sales triple »

First-half pretax profit more than tripled to a record £550 million.

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The company aims to triple its international sales within five years.

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sales/prices/staff triple

→ See also TREBLE(Cf. ↑treble)