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triplicate

[ noun adjective trip-li-kit, -keyt; verb trip-li-keyt ]

noun

  1. one of three identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.


verb (used with object)

triplicated, triplicating.
  1. to make threefold; triple.
  2. to make in triplicate:

    to triplicate a report before releasing it.

adjective

  1. produced in or consisting of three copies or parts; threefold; triple:

    triplicate contracts.

triplicate

adjective

  1. triple
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to multiply or be multiplied by three
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

    1. a group of three things
    2. one of such a group
  1. in triplicate
    written out three times
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ³Ù°ù¾±±è±ô¾±Ëˆ³¦²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ù°ù¾±±èl¾±Â·³¦²¹î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
  • ²õ³Ü²ú·³Ù°ù¾±±èl¾±Â·³¦²¹³Ù±ð adjective
  • ²õ³Ü²ú·³Ù°ù¾±±èl¾±Â·³¦²¹³Ùe»å adjective
  • ²õ³Ü²út°ù¾±±è·±ô¾±Â·³¦²¹î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of triplicate1

1400–50; late Middle English (adj.) < Latin ³Ù°ù¾±±è±ô¾±³¦Äå³Ù³Ü²õ (past participle of ³Ù°ù¾±±è±ô¾±³¦Äå°ù±ð to triple), equivalent to triplic- (stem of triplex ) triplex + -Äå³Ù³Ü²õ -ate 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of triplicate1

C15: from Latin ³Ù°ù¾±±è±ô¾±³¦Äå°ù±ð to triple, from triplex
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. in triplicate,
    1. in three identical copies:

      This letter should be done in triplicate.

    2. threefold:

      That goes for me, too, in triplicate.

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Example Sentences

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The numbers are protracted by Stroman’s strenuously energetic choreography, which seems to give every dance sequence the hard sell in triplicate.

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In the valleys between Colombia’s triplicate Cordilleras, you could sip coffee among green hills in the department of Quindío and salsa dance in the lowland city of Cali.

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"I filled-out paperwork by hand, in triplicate, that was then input into a computer by the bank clerks. And in the meantime the dot printers are whirring in the background," she says.

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“I think it’s more the mail-in ballots. You don’t know how much of those were duplicated, triplicated, the whole bit.â€

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Ceremoniously, I roam slapping palms in triplicate — the crew’s handshake — with every single person in the room, save my cousin, a surprise guest who ain’t in the crew and gets a “What’s good, fam?â€

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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