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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Treble (0.01145 detik)
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English → English (WordNet) Definition: treble treble n : the pitch range of the highest female voice [syn: soprano] treble v 1: sing treble 2: increase threefold; “Triple your income!” [syn: triple] treble adj 1: having or denoting a high range; “soprano voice”; “soprano sax”; “the boy still had a fine treble voice”; “the treble clef” [syn: soprano] 2: three times as great or many; “a claim for treble (or triple) damages”; “a threefold increase” [syn: threefold, triple] 3: 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] 4: 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, threefold]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Treble Treble \Tre"ble\, a. [OE. treble threefold, OF. treble, treible, L. triplus. See Triple.] 1. Threefold; triple. [1913 Webster] A lofty tower, and strong on every side With treble walls. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) (a) Acute; sharp; as, a treble sound. --Bacon. (b) Playing or singing the highest part or most acute sounds; playing or singing the treble; as, a treble violin or voice. [1913 Webster] Treble \Tre"ble\, adv. Trebly; triply. [Obs.] --J. Fletcher. [1913 Webster] Treble \Tre"ble\, n. [`` It has been said to be a corruption of triplum [Lat.], a third part, superadded to the altus and bassus (high and low).'' --Grove.] (Mus.) The highest of the four principal parts in music; the part usually sung by boys or women; soprano. [1913 Webster] Note: This is sometimes called the first treble, to distinguish it from the second treble, or alto, which is sung by lower female voices. [1913 Webster] Treble \Tre"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trebled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trebling.] 1. To make thrice as much; to make threefold. “Love trebled life.” --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. To utter in a treble key; to whine. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He outrageously (When I accused him) trebled his reply. --Chapman. [1913 Webster] Treble \Tre"ble\, v. i. To become threefold. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

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