three-fourths

See also: three fourths

English

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Noun

three-fourths (uncountable)

  1. Three of four equal parts (3/4, ¾, 0.75).
    three-fourths of a ton is too much
    a three-fourths majority
    Synonym: three-quarters

Usage notes

  • In the British corpus, three-quarters is much more common than three-fourths; in the American corpus, three-quarters is also much more common after year 2000.[1]

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References

  1. ^ three-fourths, three-quarters at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.

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