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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
three-quarter en · ADJ
Meanings
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(not-comparable) of three fourths of the usual dimension
a three-quarter length coat.
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(not-comparable, of a portrait) with the subject turned slightly away from a frontal view
Deriveds
three-quarter bathroom
Synonyms
three-quarters
Translations (4)
la dodrans (of three fourths of the usual dimension) · he שלושת־רבעי (of three fourths of the usual dimension) · gv tree kerroo (of three fourths of the usual dimension) · cs tříčtvrteční (of three fourths of the usual dimension)
three-quarter en · NOUN
Meanings
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A player positioned between the half-backs and the full-backs (properly a three-quarter back)
England's superior conditioning began to show in the final quarter and as the game began to break up, their three-quarters began to stamp their authority on the game. And when Foden went on a mazy run from inside his own 22 and put Ashton in for a long-range try, any threat of an upset was when and truly snuffed out.
2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport:
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(singular) A fraction with three of four equal parts (=75 %)
Europe has around a three-quarter billion/milliard (i.e. 750 million) inhabitants.
Forms
Synonyms
¾
Translations (2)
sv trekvart (the fraction ¾) · it trequarti (Translations)