TRIPLICATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

One of three copies; any of three things that correspond to one another exactly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("triplicate" is a kind of...):

copy (a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing)

Derivation:

triple (increase threefold)

triplicate (reproduce threefold)

Present simple: I / you / we / they triplicate ... he / she / it triplicates

Past simple: triplicated

Past participle: triplicated

-ing form: triplicating

Meaning:

Reproduce threefold

Example:

triplicate the letter for the committee

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "triplicate" is one way to...):

reproduce (make a copy or equivalent of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

triplicate (one of three copies; any of three things that correspond to one another exactly)