three-fourths

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three-fourths (uncountable)

  1. Three of four equal parts (3/4, ¾, 0.75).
    three-fourths of the population
    three-fourths majority
    Synonym: three-quarters

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  • 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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