treble
tre
ˈtrɛ
tre
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bəl
bēl
/tɹˈɛbə‍l/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "treble"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āωāĻšā§āϚ, āϏ⧋āĻĒāϰāĻžāύ⧋

relating to the highest range of musical notes or frequencies
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her voice soared into the treble range as she hit the high notes effortlessly.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āωāĻšā§āϚ āϏ⧁āϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡āχ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŖā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āĻŦāϞ āϰ⧇āĻžā§āĻœā§‡ āωāϠ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
02

threefold in amount, number, or degree

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His income became treble after the promotion.
03

āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϗ⧁āĻŖ, āϤāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ

composed of or involving three parts or elements
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She wore a treble necklace with three distinct charms.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϤāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ•āĻŦāϜ āϏāĻš āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻĒāϞ āĻšāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
04

having several distinctly different qualities or aspects

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The painting has a treble nature — part portrait, part landscape, part abstraction.
01

āωāĻšā§āϚ āϏ⧁āϰ, āϏ⧋āĻĒāϰāĻžāύ⧋

the part in harmonic music or the voice with the highest pitch that belongs to a boy or female vocalist
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The treble in the barbershop quartet added a bright and lively tone to the harmonies.
āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻžāϰāĻļāĻĒ āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŸā§‡ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āĻŦāϞ āϏ⧁āϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϏ⧁āϰ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āĻŦāϞ, āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻ•

the act of scoring three consecutive wins or points in cue sports
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Scoring a treble against such a skilled opponent was a testament to his ability.
āĻāĻŽāύ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

āϤāĻŋāύāϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϤāĻŋāύāϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause something to increase three times
Transitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The government aims to treble the number of available scholarships over the next five years.
āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻĒāĻžāρāϚ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇ āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧ āĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āϤāĻŋāύāϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇āĨ¤
02

to sing in a high voice

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The children trebled the melody while the adults sang harmony.
03

āϤāĻŋāύ āϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϤāĻŋāύ āϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to increase to three times the original size, amount, or number
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The population of the small town is expected to treble in the next decade due to new developments.
āύāϤ⧁āύ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻĻāĻļāϕ⧇ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāύāϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āϤāĻŋāύ āϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤
01

āϤāĻŋāύ āϗ⧁āĻŖ, āϤāĻŋāύ āĻŦāĻžāϰ

used to indicate that something is three times the usual amount or number
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The recipe called for treble the amount of sugar for the larger batch.
āϰ⧇āϏāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϚāĻŋāύāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āϤāĻŋāύ āϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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