three-quarters

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three-quarters (uncountable)

  1. Three of four equal parts (3/4, ¾, 0.75).
    Synonyms: three-quarter, (chiefly U.S.) three-fourths
    three-quarters of the population
    three-quarters majority
    • 2013 June 3, Brad Harrington, “Behind the Data on Breadwinner Mothers”, in The New York Times:
      The role of men is evolving even in the three-quarters of dual-parent families in which fathers are the primary breadwinners.
  2. forty-five minutes
    It took two hours and three-quarters to get home.

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