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tripling

tripling is the present participle and gerund of triple.

Meaning of triple

Verb

triple (third-person singular simple present triples, present participle tripling, simple past and past participle tripled)

  1. To multiply by three.
    • The company tripled their earnings per share over last quarter.
    Synonyms:
    treble
  2. To get a three-base hit.
    • The batter tripled into the gap.
  3. To become three times as large.
    • Our earnings have tripled in the last year.
  4. To serve or operate as (something), in addition to two other functions.
    • Radio Shack's All-Purpose Crimper/Cutter ($9.95) doubles as a wire stripper and triples as a bolt cutter.1982 January, Popular Mechanics, Best tools for your electronics workbench, volume 157, number 1, page 106

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Noun

tripling (plural triplings)

  1. An act of multiplying by three.

Forms of tripling

pluraltriplings

Phrases with tripling

Questions about tripling

What does tripling mean?
Tripling means an act of multiplying by three.
What is tripling the present participle and gerund of?
Tripling is the present participle and gerund of triple.
What part of speech is tripling?
Tripling is a noun.
What is the plural of tripling?
The plural of tripling is triplings.

Words near tripling in the dictionary

  1. tripliform
  2. triplike
  3. tripline
  4. triplinerved
  5. triplines
  6. tripling
  7. tripling down
  8. triplings
  9. triplite
  10. triplites
  11. triplo-

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