noun
1 part/amount
ADJECTIVE
▪ large , significant , sizeable , substantial
▪ mere , small , tiny
▪
A mere ~ of available wind energy is currently utilized.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
Why not grow your own fruit at a ~ of the price?
PHRASES
▪ just a ~ , only a ~
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The average income is high, though many people earn just a ~ of that average.
2 exact part of a number
ADJECTIVE
▪ vulgar ( BrE )
▪ decimal
▪ improper
▪
11/8 is an improper ~, equivalent to one and three eighths.
VERB + FRACTION
▪ express sth as
▪
Express 25% as a ~.