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three quarters

three quarters is the alternative form of three-quarters.

Meaning of three-quarters

Noun

three-quarters (uncountable)

  1. Three of four equal parts (3/4, ¾, 0.75).
    • three-quarters of the population
  2. forty-five minutes
    • It took two hours and three-quarters to get home.

Questions about three quarters

What is three quarters the alternative form of?
Three quarters is the alternative form of three-quarters.

Words near three quarters in the dictionary

  1. Three Principles of the People
  2. three quarter time
  3. three quarter times
  4. three quarter-time
  5. three quarter-times
  6. three quarters
  7. three quartertime
  8. three quartertimes
  9. three R's
  10. three ring circus
  11. three ring circuses

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