Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

three-quarter time

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.67 in modern English

Syllables: three--quar-ter -time
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A time signature of a composition indicating three quarter notes or their equivalent in each measure.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The interval between the third and fourth quarters of a sports match.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"2019 Ben Guthrie, AFL to enact heat policy for JLT this weekend Australian Football League, 1 March 2019. Accessed 13 May 2019. The quarter-time and three-quarter time breaks will run for eight minutes (increased from six minutes), while the half-time changeover period has been extended to 22 minutes rather than the usual 20 minutes."

Usage

Inflected Forms

three-quarter times (plural) three quarter time (alternative) three quarter-time (alternative) three-quarter-time (alternative) three quartertime (alternative) three-quartertime (alternative)

Synonyms

three-four time waltz time

Questions

What does three-quarter time mean?: A time signature of a composition indicating three quarter notes or their equivalent in each measure.

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