three-quarter

Or three-quar·ters

[three-kwawr-ter]

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.

three-quarter

adjective

1. being three quarters of something

   a three-quarter turn

2. being of three quarters the normal length

noun

1. rugby

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

   2. this position

   3. ( as modifier )

      three-quarter play

Word History and Origins

Origin of three-quarter¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Example Sentences

Her face is in three-quarter profile, and she’s wearing her cat-eye eyeglasses.

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Former Wales and Lions three-quarter Dafydd James says the lack of a Welshman in the line-up "says exactly where Welsh rugby is and it's worrying".

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Paul Townend then seized the initiative on Lossiemouth and the pair won by two and three-quarter lengths.

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No wonder the figure’s three-quarter view cemented the standard for European portraiture for centuries, replacing frontal or, more often, profile poses that harkened back to classical Greece and Rome.

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The three-quarter masterpiece, a reporter began while speaking to outside linebacker Khalil Mack, must have been a big deal.

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