THREE-FOURTHS

Meaning of THREE-FOURTHS in English

In American English, people sometimes use three-fourths to mean three-quarters .

Three-fourths of the apartments in the ghetto had no heat...

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Three-fourths is also a pronoun.

He has just under 1,600 delegates, about three-fourths what he needs to win the Democratic presidential nomination.

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THREE-FOURTHS — In American English, people sometimes use ~ to mean three-quarters . Three-fourths of the apartments in the ghetto had no …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
THREE FOURTHS — noun [ pl. ] ( US ) = three quarters
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THREE-FOURTHS — три четверти
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THREE-FOURTHS — три четверти
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
THREE — n. & adj. --n. 1 a one more than two, or seven less than ten. b a symbol for this …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THREE — n. & adj. n. 1 a one more than two, or seven less than ten. b a symbol for this …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THREE — n. & adj. --n. 1. a one more than two, or seven less than ten. b a symbol for this …
Oxford English vocab
THREE — tri. THREEFOLD: triplic. THREE-CORNERED: triangulari, THREE-LEGGED: tripedat
English interlingue dictionary
THREE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Three Emperors' League Three Gorges Dam Project {{link=Three Kingdoms">Three Kingdoms Three Mile Island Three …
Английский словарь Британика
THREE — I. ˈthrē adjective Etymology: Middle English three, thre, from Old English thrīe (masculine), thrēo (feminine & neuter); akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THREE — (n.) A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.
Английский словарь Webster
THREE — (n.) The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.
Английский словарь Webster
THREE — ( n. ) The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THREE — ( n. ) A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THREE — /three/ , n. 1. a cardinal number, 2 plus 1. 2. a symbol for this number, as 3 or III. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THREE — noun Etymology: Middle English, from three, adjective, from Old English thrīe (masculine), thrēo (feminine & neuter); akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THREE — adj one more than two; two and one. 2. three ·noun a symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii. …
Webster English vocab
THREE — [three] n [ME, fr. three, adj., fr. OE thrie (masc.), threo (fem. & neut.); akin to OHG dri three, L …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THREE — three BrE AmE θriː ▷ threes θriːz ▶ ˌ three ˈ R's BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
THREE — three S1 /θriː/ BrE AmE number [ Language: Old English ; Origin: thrie , threo ] 1 . the number …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THREE — ( threes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Three is the number 3. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THREE — number COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a father of two/three/four etc (= a man with two, three etc children ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THREE — [determiner], [pronoun], [noun] - (the number) 3three cats/trees/housesa house with three bedroomsa three-bedroom house"How many children have you got?" "Three …
Cambridge English vocab
THREE — n. Three Emperors' League Three Gorges Dam Project Three Henrys War of the Three Kingdoms Three Mile Island Three Stooges
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
THREE — 1. числ. колич. три three times three 2. сущ. 1) тройка 2) мн. третий номер, размер 3) три очка 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THREE — three.ogg 1. θri: n 1> тройка ( цифра ; тж. figure of three) 2> три; трое; группа из трёх предметов …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
THREE — 1. [θri:] n 1) тройка ( цифра ; тж. figure of ~) 2) три; трое; группа из трёх предметов или …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
THREE — 1. θri: n 1) тройка ( цифра ; тж. figure of three) 2> три; трое; группа из трёх предметов или …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
THREE — 1. числ. колич. три three books (buildings, girls, dollars) — три книги, дома, девочки, доллара three fourths — три четверти …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
THREE — 1. числ. колич. три three books (buildings, girls, dollars) — три книги, дома, девочки, доллара three fourths — три четверти three musketeers — три …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
THREE — 1. _n-card. три; three times three а> трижды три; б> девятикратное ура 2. _n. 1> тройка; in threes - по …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
THREE — 1. n-card. три; three times three а. трижды три; б. девятикратное ура 2. n. 1. тройка; in threes - по …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
THREE — 1. _n-card. три; three times three а> трижды три; б> девятикратное ура 2. _n. 1> тройка; in threes по три …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
THREE — three n AmE sl She's hooked on three Она без кокаина жить не может
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
THREE — 1. числ. колич. три three times three 2. сущ. 1) тройка 2) мн. третий номер, размер 3) три очка 4) …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
THREE-FOURTHS VALUE CLAUSE — noun : an insurance policy provision limiting the insurer's liability to an amount not greater than three fourths of the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OCEAN — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English occean, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~us, from Greek Õkeanos, a river thought of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DOUBLE BASS — noun Date: 1752 the largest and lowest-pitched of the stringed instruments tuned in fourths, ~ist noun
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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Английский словарь Webster
DIAZEUTIC — ( a. ) Disjoining two fourths; as, the diazeutic tone, which, like that from F to G in modern music, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DIAZEUTIC — adj disjoining two fourths; as, the diazeutic tone, which, like that from f to g in modern music, lay between …
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THREE-QUARTER — also three quarter You can use three-quarter to describe something which is three fourths of the usual size or three …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOURTH — ( fourths) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The fourth item in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THREE-QUARTER — also three quarter You can use ~ to describe something which is three fourths of the usual size or three …
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