1. A base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base
   "His triple to the wall in right field drove in two runs";
   - three-base hit, three-bagger [informal]
    
2. A set of three similar things considered as a unit
   "She hit a triple in the ninth inning";
   - trio, triad, triplet
    
3. A quantity that is three times as great as another
   "The new contract offered a triple increase in salary"

1. Increase threefold
   "Triple your income!";
   - treble
    
2. (baseball) hit a three-base hit
   "He tripled in the ninth inning, keeping the team's hopes alive"

1. Having three units, components or elements
   "overcrowding made triple sessions necessary"; "triple time has three beats per measure";
   - ternary, treble, triplex
    
2. Three times as great or many
   "a claim for triple damages";
   - treble, threefold, three-fold, trifold

Derived forms: tripling, tripled, triples

See also: multiple

Type of: base hit, hit, manifold, multiple, multiply, safety, set

Encyclopedia: Triple