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• ter
  ter

  adverb

  (in prescriptions) three times.
• ter-
  ter-

  a combining form meaning “thrice,” used in the formation of compound words.
• ter.
  ter.

  abbreviation

  (in prescriptions) rub.

ter

¹ American  

[tur] / tɜr /

adverb

1. (in prescriptions) three times.

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ter- ² American  

1. a combining form meaning “thrice,” used in the formation of compound words.

   tercentennial.

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ter. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. (in prescriptions) rub.

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ter. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. terrace.

2. territorial.

3. territory.

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ter- British  

combining form

1. three, third, or three times

   tercentenary

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Etymology

Origin of ter¹

From Latin

Origin of ter-²

< Latin, combining form of ter; akin to trēs three

Origin of ter.³

From the Latin word tere

Example Sentences

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Germany goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen will undergo surgery on his injured hamstring on Friday, his club Girona confirmed on Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026

Barcelona coach Hansi Flick confirmed Tuesday reports that veteran goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen will join neighbours Girona on loan.

From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026

“It gives the victim the sense of being heard,” says ter Heide, who is directing the project in her capacity as senior researcher at the Netherlands’ ARQ National Psychotrauma Center.

From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2025

“I’m actually aligned with Kennedy that something really needs to happen on food in America,” Peter ter Kulve said in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

“Blimey, Harry, after all we wen’ through ter get you here?”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

I give him another answer, because it is equally true but can be taken as a brief moment of weakness instead of a ter- minal one.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

It is his conviction that Alfieri, at Florence, bored the Countess of Albany ter- ribly; and he adds that the famous Gallophobe died of jealousy of the little painter from Montpellier.

From A Little Tour in France by James, Henry

There are places that reminded me of some of those quiet, mildewed corners of courts and ter- races, into which the traveller who wanders through the Vatican looks down from neglected windows.

From A Little Tour in France by James, Henry

Nothing can be finer than the view of its course which you get from the battlements and ter- races of Amboise.

From A Little Tour in France by James, Henry

The passive participle is formed by prefixing to the verb the inseparable particle ter-; as ter-pukul, struck; ter-tulis, written.

From A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay by Maxwell, William Edward, Sir

Sum- Aut- Number of the          it- va- of the ter. mer. umn. years of the          tude tion.

From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von