treble

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

the pitch range of the highest female voice
• Syn:
soprano
• Hypernyms:
pitch

II - verb

1. sing treble
• Hypernyms:
sing
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. increase threefold
- Triple your income!
• Syn:
triple
• Derivationally related forms:
triple (for: triple), triplicate (for: triple), tripling (for: triple)
• Hypernyms:
multiply, manifold
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

III - adjective

1. having or denoting a high range (Freq. 1)
- soprano voice
- soprano sax
- the boy still had a fine treble voice
- the treble clef
• Syn:
soprano
• Similar to:
high, high-pitched
2. having three units or components or elements
- a ternary operation
- a treble row of red beads
- overcrowding made triple sessions necessary
- triple time has three beats per measure
- triplex windows
• Syn:
ternary, triple, triplex
• Similar to:
multiple
3. having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- a double (or dual) role for an actor
- "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson
- "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison
• Syn:
double, dual, twofold, two-fold, threefold, three-fold
• Similar to:
multiple
4. three times as great or many
- a claim for treble (or triple) damages
- a threefold increase
• Syn:
threefold, three-fold, triple
• Similar to:
multiple

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  double, dual, twofold, two-fold, threefold, three-fold, ternary, triple, triplex, soprano