Sekirov Dictionary

treble

/ˈtɹɛbəl/

noun 9
verb 4
adjective 2
adverb 1
forms 3

noun9

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Three goals, victories, awards etc. in a given match or season.
- As for City, a domestic treble is off the cards and they must haul themselves off the floor quickly with the second leg of their last-16 Champions League tie against Barcelona on Wednesday. — 2014
A win in the top league, top national cup and top continental cup in the same season.
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The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition.
- The voices include a counter (always below the tenor), a countertenor (moving above and below the tenor), mene, treble, and quadreble. — 1991
Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound.
A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano.
The highest tuned in a ring of bells.
Any of the narrow areas enclosed by the two central circles on a dartboard, worth three times the usual value of the segment.
(old-fashioned) A threefold quantity or number; something having three parts or having been tripled.
(old-fashioned) A drink with three portions of alcohol; a triple

verb4

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To multiply by three; to make into three parts, layers, or thrice the amount.
- German climate minister says speed of carbon cuts needs to be trebled [title] — 2022
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To become multiplied by three or increased threefold.
- I am more serious then my custome; you Must be so too, if heed me: which to do Trebbles thee o're. — 1610
To make a shrill or high-pitched noise.
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To utter in a treble key; to whine.
- He outrageously / (When I accused him) trebled his reply. — 1618

adjective2

Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music.
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Threefold, triple.
- A lofty tower, and strong on every side / With treble walls. — 1697

adverb1

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(old-fashioned) Trebly; triply.
- Whose deserts might buy him treble — 1623

forms

trebled · trebling · trebles

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