What does tripled mean?
“Tripled” is the past tense and past participle of “triple” and can also function as an adjective. In its most common verbal sense, it means that something has increased, or has been made, to three times its previous amount, number, or value: a service can triple in price, or a company can triple its user base. The adjective sense means threefold or composed of three equal parts, as in a tripled fee or a tripled team. The term is neutral in register and common in business, news, sports, and everyday reporting. It describes proportional multiplication rather than the simple addition of two units. “Triple” ultimately comes from Latin “triplex,” meaning “threefold,” built from a form meaning “three” and a root meaning “fold.” “Tripled” is therefore especially useful when discussing rapid proportional growth: it communicates a change from one unit to three, or from an original figure to three times that figure.
To make, become, or amount to three times an original quantity, value, or number.
"The company tripled its annual revenue within three years."
This is the past tense and past participle of “triple.”
Threefold, or consisting of three equal parts or members.
"Organizers rejected the tripled entry fee."
This adjectival use is the past-participle form of the verb.
From one to three: “tripled” signals multiplication by three, not the simple addition of two units.
Reviewed by Deb Chak, Editor. AI-assisted content curated by RJS Tech Solutions LLP.
Where does tripled come from?
“Tripled” is the regular English past-tense and past-participle form of “triple,” formed with the suffix “-ed.” “Triple” passed into Middle English from Old French “tripel,” ultimately from Latin “triplex,” meaning “threefold,” which combines “tri-” (“three”) with a root meaning “fold.” Latin “triplicare,” meaning “to multiply by three,” is a closely related cognate, while “trinity” reflects the same broader Latin tradition associated with three.
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How tripled is actually used
The term is neutral in register and common in business, news, sports, and everyday reporting. As a verb, it is the past tense and past participle of “triple”; when placed before a noun, the past-participle form can function as an adjective.