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Definition of Treble

1. Adjective. Having or denoting a high range. "The treble clef"

2. Verb. Sing treble.

3. Noun. The pitch range of the highest female voice.

4. Adjective. Three times as great or many. "A threefold increase"

5. Verb. Increase threefold. "Their earnings treble this year"; "Triple your income!"

6. Adjective. Having three units or components or elements. "Triplex windows"

7. Adjective. Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities. "Every episode has its double and treble meaning"

Definition of Treble

1. a. Threefold; triple.

2. adv. Trebly; triply.

3. n. The highest of the four principal parts in music; the part usually sung by boys or women; soprano.

4. v. t. To make thrice as much; to make threefold.

5. v. i. To become threefold.

Definition of Treble

1. Adjective. Threefold, triple. ¹

2. Adjective. (music) Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music; soprano. ¹

3. Adjective. High in pitch; shrill. ¹

4. Noun. (music) The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition. ¹

5. Noun. (music) A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano. ¹

6. Noun. Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound. ¹

7. Noun. A threefold quantity or number; something having three parts or having been tripled. ¹

8. Noun. (context: darts) Any of the narrow areas enclosed by the two central circles on a dartboard, worth three times the usual value of the segment. ¹

9. Noun. (sports) Three victories, awards etc. ¹

10. Verb. (transitive) To multiply by three; to make into three parts, layers, or thrice the amount. ¹

11. Verb. (intransitive) To make a shrill or high-pitched noise. ¹

12. Verb. (intransitive) To become multiplied by three or increased threefold. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Treble

1. to triple [v -BLED, -BLING, -BLES] - See also: triple

Medical Definition of Treble

1. The highest of the four principal parts in music; the part usually sung by boys or women; soprano. This is sometimes called the first treble, to distinguish it from the second treble, or alto, which is sung by lower female voices. Origin: " It has been said to be a corruption of triplum [Lat], a third part, superadded to the altus and bassus (high and low).". Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Treble

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treatymaker treatymakers treatymaking trebbiano trebbianos treble (current term) treble C treble clef treble clefs treble damages

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Literary usage of Treble

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Illustrated Magazine of Art (1854)
"2nd round : Work 1 treble, chain 3, repeat round, plain 1, and asten off ; you should have seven treble in the round. 3rd : Plain 1 at the top of the 1 ..."

2. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1799)
"... forth tithes in which treble the value is recovered, coils are given where the tingle value found by the jury doth not exceed 20 nobles, per Jiai. ..."

3. Mayne's Treatise on Damages by John Dawson Mayne, Lumley Smith (1899)
"Double and treble damages. When a writ of inquiry may assess damages in place of the ... There are or were various statutes giving double and treble damages ..."

4. Organ Registration: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Distinctive Quality of by Everett Ellsworth Truette (1919)
"At the last measure of the page, add Flute treble and Bass, ... At the last count 01 the first page, put off the Open Diapason treble and Bass. ..."

5. The Law-dictionary, Explaining the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the ...by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, Thomas Colpitts Granger by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, Thomas Colpitts Granger (1835)
"But [{double or treble damages be given by statute, in a case wherein single damages were before recoverable, the plaintiff is entitled to double or treble ..."

6. Organ Registration: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Distinctive Quality of by Everett Ellsworth Truette (1919)
"For the second eight measures, which are a repetition of the first eight meaures, add the Flute treble and Bass. Put these stops off again at the beginning ..."

7. The Practice at Law, in Equity, and in Special Proceedings in All the Courts by William Wait (1874)
"How obtained — treble costs — Extra allowance as of right. Johns. ... treble costs. By the provisions of the Revised Statutes (1 R S. 324 [298], §§ 6, 7), ..."

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