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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

“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

The business garnered the most interest from U.S. investors, ter Kulve said, though it chose the Euronext Amsterdam for its primary listing, with secondary listings on the New York and London stock exchanges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

Olmo joins Fermin Lopez, Gavi and Marc-Andre ter Stegen on the sidelines, ahead of a key Champions League match against Eintracht Frankfurt next week.

From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025

Sirius Black turns up, on that flyin’ motorbike he used ter ride.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" 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 Henry James

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 Sir William Edward Maxwell

When ter- precedes per-, one of the particles drops its final letter; as te-per-sayang, compassionated; ter-pe-lanting, sent flying.

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

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 Henry James

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 Alexander von Humboldt