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(trebles, trebling, trebled) 1. If something trebles or if you treble it, it becomes three times greater in number or amount than it was. They will have to pay much more when rents treble in January... The city has trebled the number of its prisoners to 21,000. = triple VERB: V, V n • trebling A new threat to Bulgaria’s stability is the week-old miners’ strike for a trebling of minimum pay. N-SING: oft N of n 2. If one thing is treble the size or amount of another thing, it is three times greater in size or amount. More than 7 million shares changed hands, treble the normal daily average. = triple PREDET: PREDET det n 3. A treble is a boy with a very high singing voice. N-COUNT 4. In sport, a treble is three successes one after the other, for example winning three horse races on the same day, or winning three competitions in the same season. (mainly BRIT JOURNALISM) The win completed a treble for them–they already claimed a league and cup double this year. N-COUNT
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, the highest part in a three-part composition, from ~, adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. the highest voice part in harmonic music ; soprano b. one that performs a ~ part; also a member of a family of instruments having the highest range c. a high-pitched or shrill voice, tone, or sound d. the upper half of the whole vocal or instrumental tonal range — compare bass e. the higher portion of the audio frequency range in sound recording and broadcasting 2. something ~ in construction, uses, amount, number, or value II. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin triplus — more at triple Date: 14th century 1. a. having three parts or uses ; threefold b. triple in number or amount 2. a. relating to or having the range or part of a ~ b. high-pitched, shrill c. of, relating to, or having the range of ~ in sound recording and broadcasting ~ frequencies • trebly adverb III. verb (~d; trebling) Date: 14th century transitive verb to increase threefold intransitive verb 1. to sing ~ 2. to grow to three times the size, amount, or number ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 a threefold. b triple. c three times as much or many (treble the amount). 2 (of a voice) high-pitched. 3 Mus. = SOPRANO (esp. of an instrument or with ref. to a boy's voice). --n. 1 a treble quantity or thing. 2 Darts a hit on the narrow ring enclosed by the two middle circles of a dartboard, scoring treble. 3 a Mus. = SOPRANO (esp. a boy's voice or part, or an instrument). b a high-pitched voice. 4 the high-frequency output of a radio, record-player, etc., corresponding to the treble in music. 5 a system of betting in which the winnings and stake from the first bet are transferred to a second and then (if successful) to a third. 6 Sport three victories or championships in the same game, sport, etc. --v. 1 tr. & intr. make or become three times as much or many; increase threefold; multiply by three. 2 tr. amount to three times as much as. Phrases and idioms treble chance a method of competing in a football pool in which the chances of winning depend on the number of draws and home and away wins predicted by the competitors. treble clef a clef placing G above middle C on the second lowest line of the staff. treble rhyme a rhyme including three syllables. Derivatives trebly adv. (in sense 1 of adj.). Etymology: ME f. OF f. L triplus TRIPLE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. прил. тройной, утроенный - treble cocts - treble damages 2. гл. утраивать(ся) - treble the price ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. тройное количество 2. муз. дискант; сопрано 3. высокие звуковые частоты 4. тройной, утроенный treble walls —- тройные стены treble salaries were paid —- было выплачено по три оклада 5. муз. дискантовый treble clef —- скрипичный (дискантовый) ключ 6. утраивать to treble the price —- утроить цену 7. утраиваться expenses have trebled —- расходы возросли втрое 8. муз. петь дискантом ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. adj. 1) тройной, утроенный 2) mus. дискантовый 2. noun 1) тройное количество 2) mus. дискант; сопрано 3. v. 1) утраивать(ся) 2) петь дискантом ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 predeterminer three times as big, as much, or as many as something else (They sold the house for treble the amount they paid for it.) ~2 v to become three times as big in amount, size, or number, or to make something increase in this way (Their profits have trebled in the last two years.) ~3 n 1 the upper half of the whole range of musical notes (- compare bass1 (3)) 2 a boy with a high singing voice - treble adj adv (a clear treble voice) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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