three-quarter

American  

[three-kwawr-ter] / ˈθriˈkwɔr tər /

Or three-quarters

adjective

1. consisting of or involving three quarters of a whole or of the usual length.

   a blouse with a three-quarter sleeve.

2. (of a portrait) showing the face as seen from in front and somewhat to the side.

   a three-quarter view.

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three-quarter British  

adjective

1. being three quarters of something

   a three-quarter turn

2. being of three quarters the normal length

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noun

1. rugby

   1. any of the four players between the fullback and the halfbacks

   2. this position

   3. ( as modifier )

      three-quarter play

Etymology

Origin of three-quarter

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

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Example Sentences

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three-quarter

We stayed in a guest house with three-quarter beds that we all shared - that certainly brought us closer together! - then trained on the beach each morning, doing our running sessions on the sand.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

The conglomerate left its position in Apple untouched, snapping a three-quarter streak of reducing its stake in the iPhone maker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

That marks two straight quarters of drops, its longest losing streak since a three-quarter losing streak that ended in late 2022—just before the launch of ChatGPT, which kicked off the current artificial-intelligence boom.

From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026

That would snap a three-quarter streak of year-over-year declines.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 12, 2026

Their scale is three and three-quarter inches to the mile—a lot of space to put down the details.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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