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two-thirds

two-thirds noun: two of three equal parts (2/3, ⅔, 0.666...).

Noun

two-thirds (uncountable)

  1. Two of three equal parts (2/3, ⅔, 0.666...).
    • Meronyms: one-third, third
    • two-thirds majority
    Synonyms:
    2/3rds

Examples of two-thirds in a sentence

  • two-thirds of the population
  • Gilgamesh is himself a man, two-thirds god, one-third mortal.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London...
  • [B]ut easily two-thirds of the work we carried out in this exercise was the de-bogging of other vehicles around the original one.2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 123:
  • Almost two-thirds of American consumers have at least one unspent gift card tucked away in a drawer, pocket, wallet or purse.2023 February 23, Parija Kavilanz, “Americans have a collective $21 billion in unspent gift cards”, in CNN:

Synonyms of two-thirds

Forms of two-thirds

alternative formtwo thirds

Questions about two-thirds

What does two-thirds mean?
Two-thirds means two of three equal parts (2/3, ⅔, 0.666...).
How do you use two-thirds in a sentence?
two-thirds of the population
What part of speech is two-thirds?
Two-thirds is a noun.

Words near two-thirds in the dictionary

  1. two-tap
  2. two-tapped
  3. two-tapping
  4. two-taps
  5. two-third
  6. two-thirds
  7. two-thousander
  8. two-thousanders
  9. two-thousandsies
  10. two-thousandth
  11. two-thousandths

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