Triplicate Definition
trĭplĭ-kĭt
triplicated, triplicates, triplicating
noun
Any of three identical copies or things.
Webster's New World
verb
To make threefold; triple.
American Heritage
To make three identical copies of.
Webster's New World
To triple.
Wiktionary
adjective
Threefold.
Webster's New World
Designating the third of identical copies.
Webster's New World
idiom
in triplicate
- in three identical copies
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Triplicate
Noun
Singular:
triplicate
Plural:
triplicatesIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Triplicate
- in triplicate
Origin of Triplicate
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From Middle English triple from Latin triplicātus past participle of triplicāre to triple from triplex triplic- threefold triplex
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Early 15th century. From Latin triplicatus, form of triplicāre (“to triple"), from tri- (“three") + plicāre (“to fold").
From Wiktionary
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Surface form tri- (“three") +"Ž plicate (“fold"), analogous with duplicate.
From Wiktionary
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