trip·li·cate
ˈtri-pli-kət 
: consisting of or existing in three corresponding or identical parts or examples
triplicate invoices
trip·li·ca·tion
ˌtripləˈkāshən
plural -s
1
a
: a legal pleading showing why the last pleading of the opposing party should not be given legal effect : an equitable rebutter
b
: the plaintiff's reply to the defendant's rejoinder in Roman and civil law resembling the surrejoinder in common law
c
: the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication in early English law
2
: the action of tripling or making threefold or adding three together
3
: something that is triplicated or threefold
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Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 5 Nov. 2022
But tripping up in triplicate spoiled a shot at an even more spectacular season.
—Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 7 Oct. 2022
Melissa Sierra, Forbes.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, the sheer curtains came alive with layered projections — solar flares, pulsing wavelengths, images of Reznor casting ghostly echoes of himself across the gauze in duplicate, triplicate, quadruplicate.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 Feb. 2026
Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 Feb. 2026
Brands are often surprised to find duplicate and even triplicate investments burning holes in their budgets.
—Tate Olinghouse, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Noun
There's a powerful character line running along the car's flanks, and the iconic Hofmeister kink is present in the rear quarter windows—in triplicate—echoed in the door shape, chrome trim, and in the reinforcement visible in the window.
—Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 5 Nov. 2022
But tripping up in triplicate spoiled a shot at an even more spectacular season.
—Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 7 Oct. 2022
Adjective
Leaders get budget exceptions approved with a phone call while their teams fill out forms in triplicate.
—Melissa Sierra, Forbes.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, the sheer curtains came alive with layered projections — solar flares, pulsing wavelengths, images of Reznor casting ghostly echoes of himself across the gauze in duplicate, triplicate, quadruplicate.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
Meanwhile, the sheer curtains came alive with layered projections — solar flares, pulsing wavelengths, images of Reznor casting ghostly echoes of himself across the gauze in duplicate, triplicate, quadruplicate.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 Feb. 2026
Brands are often surprised to find duplicate and even triplicate investments burning holes in their budgets.
—Tate Olinghouse, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for triplicate
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“Triplicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triplicate. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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triplicate
1 of 3 adjective
trip·li·cate
ˈtrip-li-kət
: made in three identical copies
triplicate
2 of 3 verb
trip·li·cate
ˈtrip-lə-ˌkāt
triplicated; triplicating
: to make triple or prepare in triplicate
triplicate
3 of 3 noun
trip·li·cate
ˈtrip-li-kət
: three copies all alike
—used with in
typed in triplicate
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