1 [U] the high tones or part in music or a sound system:
to turn up the treble on the stereo * the piping treble of childish voices
compareBASS
2 [C] a child's high voice; a boy who sings with a treble voice
compareSOPRANO
3 [sing.] a musical part written for a treble voice
4 [sing.] (BrE) three successes in a row:
The victory completed a treble for the horse's owner.
verb to become, or to make sth, three times as much or as many
SYNTRIPLE [V] Cases of food poisoning have trebled in the last two years. * [VN] He trebled his earnings in two years.
determiner [usuallybeforenoun] three times as much or as many:
Capital expenditure was treble the 1998 level.
adjective [onlybeforenoun] high in tone:
a treble voice * the treble clef (= the symbol in music showing that the notes following it are high)
compareBASS
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