treble
verb/ˈtrebl/
/ˈtrebl/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they treble | /ˈtrebl/ /ˈtrebl/ |
| he / she / it trebles | /ˈtreblz/ /ˈtreblz/ |
| past simple trebled | /ˈtrebld/ /ˈtrebld/ |
| past participle trebled | /ˈtrebld/ /ˈtrebld/ |
| -ing form trebling | /ˈtreblɪŋ/ /ˈtreblɪŋ/ |
- to become, or to make something, three times as much or as many synonym triple
- Cases of food poisoning have trebled in the last two years.
- Some goods have almost trebled in price.
- The figure has more than trebled to 67 per cent.
- treble something He trebled his earnings in two years.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryTreble is used with these nouns as the object:- size
Word Originverb Middle English: via Old French from Latin triplus, from Greek triplous.Definitions on the go
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