Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

three-quarter

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.68 in modern English

Syllables: three--quar-ter
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

of three fourths of the usual dimension

adj

with the subject turned slightly away from a frontal view

noun

A player positioned between the half-backs and the full-backs (properly a three-quarter back)

noun

A fraction with three of four equal parts (=75 %)

Example Sentences

"a three-quarter length coat."
"England's superior conditioning began to show in the final quarter and as the game began to break up, their three-quarters began to stamp their authority on the game. And when Foden went on a mazy run from inside his own 22 and put Ashton in for a long-range try, any threat of an upset was when and truly snuffed out."
"Europe has around a three-quarter billion/milliard (i.e. 750 million) inhabitants."

Inflected Forms

three-quarters (plural)

Phrases

three-quarter bathroom

Synonyms

¾ three-quarters

Questions

What does three-quarter mean?: of three fourths of the usual dimension

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