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three-quarter

three-quarter adjective: of three fourths of the usual dimension.

Adjective

three-quarter (not comparable)

  1. of three fourths of the usual dimension
    • a three-quarter length coat.
  2. with the subject turned slightly away from a frontal view

Noun

three-quarter (plural three-quarters)

  1. A player positioned between the half-backs and the full-backs (properly a three-quarter back)
    • 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...2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport
  2. (singular) A fraction with three of four equal parts (=75 %)
    • Europe has around a three-quarter billion/milliard (i.e. 750 million) inhabitants.
    Synonyms:
    ¾

three-quarter meaning in Tamil

three-quarter in Tamil

புடை அரைப்புற ஆட்டக்காரர் முக்கால், முக்காற் கூறான, முக்காற்பங்கு எண்ணிக்கையுடைய, வழக்க அளவில், பட வகையில் இடுப்பளவு காட்டுகிற, முக்காற்பங்கு முகங் காட்டுகிற

Synonyms of three-quarter

Forms of three-quarter

pluralthree-quarters

Words formed from three-quarter

Phrases with three-quarter

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Questions about three-quarter

What does three-quarter mean?
Three-quarter means of three fourths of the usual dimension.
What is three-quarter in Tamil?
Three-quarter in Tamil is புடை அரைப்புற ஆட்டக்காரர் முக்கால், முக்காற் கூறான, முக்காற்பங்கு எண்ணிக்கையுடைய. See Three-quarter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is three-quarter?
Three-quarter can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near three-quarter in the dictionary

  1. three-pointer
  2. three-pointers
  3. three-pounder
  4. three-pounders
  5. three-pronged
  6. three-quarter
  7. three-quarter back
  8. three-quarter backs
  9. three-quarter bathroom
  10. three-quarter bathrooms
  11. three-quarter brother

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Adapted from Wiktionary: three-quarter (page history and authors); three-quarter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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