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Definition of Triple
Triple

Consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold; as, a triple knot; a triple tie.

Three times repeated; treble. See Treble.

One of three; third.

To make threefold, or thrice as much or as many; to treble; as, to triple the tax on coffee.

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Triple Quotations

The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them.
Hank Aaron

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
Buddha

Today, there are more opportunities for writers in terms of access to larger success, but it's more difficult to publish a literary novel in the lower ranges. In other words, you almost have to hit a home run. You can hit a triple, maybe, but nobody's interested in a single.
James Lee Burke

Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.
Barry Switzer

When you translate poetry in particular, you're obliged to look at how the writer with whom you're working puts together words, sentences, phrases, the triple tension between the line of verse, the syntax and the sentence.
Marilyn Hacker

Triple Translations

triple in Dutch is drievoudig, driedubbel
triple in German is verdreifachen, dreimalig, dreifach
triple in Portuguese is triplicar-se
triple in Swedish is tredubbel


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