triple

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

triple [triple triples tripled tripling] adjective, verb BrE [ˈtrɪpl] NAmE [ˈtrɪpl]
adjective only before noun
1. having three parts or involving three people or groups
•a triple heart bypass operation
•a triple alliance
•They're showing a triple bill of horror movies (= three horror movies one after the other).
2. three times as much or as many as sth
•The amount of alcohol in his blood was triple the legal maximum.
•Its population is about triple that of Venice.

Word Origin:
Middle English (as an adjective and adverb): from Old French, or from Latin triplus, from Greek triplous.
Derived Word: ↑triply
 
verb intransitive, transitive ~ (sth)
to become, or to make sth, three times as much or as many
Syn: ↑treble
•Output should triple by next year.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English (as an adjective and adverb): from Old French, or from Latin triplus, from Greek triplous.

Example Bank:
•The figure has more than tripled to 67%.

 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  treble, threefold, three-fold, ternary, triplex, trio, triad, triplet, three-base hit, three-bagger