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# triple

adjective (triple); verb (triple, triples, tripled, tripling); noun (a triple, triples)

«triple» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Triple means three times as much or as many. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triple/#m1)
2. Triple means having three parts or happening three times, like a triple jump. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triple/#m2)
3. To triple is to become or make three times bigger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triple/#m3)
4. (maths) A triple can be a group of three numbers, like a Pythagorean triple. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triple/#m4)

### In the lessons

In maths, to triple a number is to multiply it by 3: tripling 5 gives 15. In sport, the triple jump is hop, step and jump; a triple in baseball lets the batter reach third base. In everyday life a triple scoop ice cream has three scoops. Phrases: triple the amount, triple jump, triple-decker, triple-check.

### Examples

- Triple 7 is 21. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triple/#x1)
- The price of the toy tripled from £4 to £12. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triple/#x2)
- I had a triple scoop ice cream! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triple/#x3)
- She won the triple jump at sports day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triple/#x4)
- If you triple 10 metres, you get 30 metres. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triple/#x5)
- A triple-decker sandwich has three layers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triple/#x6)
- Let's triple-check the answer before we hand it in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triple/#x7)
- 3, 4 and 5 make a Pythagorean triple. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triple/#x8)

### Note

Maths meaning: triple = × 3. Compare double (× 2) and quadruple (× 4). «Tripled» means the new amount is three times the old, so it went up by twice the old amount: 4 tripled is 12, an increase of 8. «Treble» is a similar word, used more in the UK.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «triple» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triple/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«triple» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/triple.html) on Mova free.