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trip·li·cate
(trĭp′lĭ-kĭt)n.
One of a set of three identical objects or copies.
tr.v. (-kāt′) trip·li·cat·ed, trip·li·cat·ing, trip·li·cates
1. To make threefold; triple.
2. To make three identical copies of.
[From Middle English, triple, from Latin triplicātus, past participle of triplicāre, to triple, from triplex, triplic-, threefold; see triplex.]
trip′li·cate·ly adv.
trip′li·ca′tion n.
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triplicate
adj
triple
vb
to multiply or be multiplied by three
n
1.
a. a group of three things
b. one of such a group
2. in triplicate written out three times
[C15: from Latin triplicāre to triple, from triplex]
ˌtripliˈcation n
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trip•li•cate
(n., adj. ˈtrɪp lɪ kɪt, -ˌkeɪt; v. -ˌkeɪt)n., v. -cat•ed, -cat•ing,
adj. n.
1. one of three identical items, esp. copies of typewritten material.
v.t. 2. to make threefold; triple.
3. to make three identical copies of.
adj. 4. having or consisting of three identical copies or parts.
5. of or denoting the third copy or item.
Idioms: in triplicate, in three identical copies.
[1400–50 < Latin triplicātus, past participle of triplicāre, derivative of triplex triplex; see -ate1]
trip`li•ca′tion, n.
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triplicate
Past participle: triplicated
Gerund: triplicating
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| triplicate |
| triplicate |
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| Noun | 1. |  triplicate - one of three copies; any of three things that correspond to one another exactlycopy - a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing; "she made a copy of the designer dress"; "the clone was a copy of its ancestor" |
| Verb | 1. |  triplicate - reproduce threefold; "triplicate the letter for the committee"reproduce - make a copy or equivalent of; "reproduce the painting" |
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Translations
في ثلاثَة نُسَخ
ve třech kopiích
i tre eksemplarer
òrírit
trimis egzemplioriais
trīs eksemplāros
potroićwykonać w trzech egzemplarzach
üç kopyalı
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
triplicate
n in triplicate → in dreifacher Ausfertigung
adj → in dreifacher Ausfertigung
vt document → dreifach or in drei Exemplaren ausfertigen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
triplicate
(ˈtriplikət) : in triplicate on three separate copies (of the same form etc ). Fill in the form in triplicate.
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