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- pronunciation:
- trI
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- parts of speech:
- adjective, verb
- features:
- Word Parts
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adjective |
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If something is triple something else, it means it is three times bigger. If you have one scoop of ice cream and your brother has triple what you have, that means he has three scoops. He has three times more than you have.
The price of new cars is triple what it was twenty years ago. |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
triples, tripling, tripled |
| definition: |
If something triples, it gets three times bigger or greater.
The number of people living in the city tripled over the past thirty years.
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