Definition

1. Noun:

   • One of three identical copies or items: A "triplicate" is one of a set of three identical documents, forms, or objects.
   • The state of being triple or threefold: The condition of existing in three corresponding parts.

2. Verb:

   • To make three identical copies of something: To reproduce a document or item so that there are three total identical versions.
   • To multiply by three; to triple: To increase something so it becomes three times as many or three times as much.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Please sign the original and both copies of the triplicate.
  • The form is printed in triplicate for our records.

• Verb:

  • The secretary will triplicate the report for distribution.
  • We need to triplicate this order to meet the demand.

Advanced Usage

• "In triplicate": A common adverbial phrase meaning in three identical copies.
  • All applications must be submitted in triplicate.
• Conceptual use: Can refer to making anything threefold.
  • The artist sought to triplicate the central motif in the mural.

Variants and Related Words

• Triplication (n): The act or process of making triplicate copies.
  • The triplication of the forms took an hour.
• Triple (adj., v.): While "triple" is a more general term for anything threefold, "triplicate" specifically implies making identical copies or a set of three corresponding items.

Synonyms

• Triple copy (n): For the noun form.
• Make three copies of (v.): For the verb form.
• Threefold (adj.): Describing something multiplied by three.

Related Phrases

• Execute in triplicate: A formal instruction to prepare a document with two copies.
  • The contract was executed in triplicate.

Noun

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

Verb

1. reproduce threefold
   • triplicate the letter for the committee