You can use three-quarter to describe something which is three fourths of the usual size or three fourths of a standard measurement.
Choose short or three-quarter sleeves for summer.
...a session which lasted one and three-quarter hours.
...three-quarter length coats.
There was a three-quarter moon tonight.
three-quarter in British English
adjective
1.
being three quarters of something
a three-quarter turn
2.
being of three quarters the normal length
noun
3. rugby
a.
any of the four players between the fullback and the halfbacks
b.
this position
c.
(as modifier)
three-quarter play
three-quarter in American English
(ˈθriˈkwɔrtər)
adjective
1.
of or involving three fourths
2.
showing the face intermediate between profile and full face
Examples of 'three-quarter' in a sentence
three-quarter
He had trouble in running and was value for more than three-quarters of a length.
The Sun (2017)
Three-quarters of the population think dropping litter has no excuse.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It needed three-quarters of an hour to make fast the weather side.
Eric Newby A BOOK OF LANDS AND PEOPLES (2003)
The step up to a mile and three-quarters should be right up his street.
The Sun (2011)
It is perhaps three-quarters of a mile long by a third of a mile deep.
Levenson, Thomas Ice Time: Climate, Science, and Life on Earth (1990)
This is despite the fact that about three-quarters of the population want to see that privilege revoked.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
At the time of unification three-quarters of the population could neither read nor write.
Grenville, J. A. S. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994)
The trench ran for three-quarters of a mile and the brigades that dug it worked regardless of frost and snow.
Brian Thompson DEVASTATING EDEN: The Search for Utopia in America (2004)
The fact that three-quarters of people say fixing the economy is a top concern shows he has got his priorities right.
The Sun (2014)
There's one less than three-quarters of a mile away.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Three-quarters of the population buys at least one item a year there, spending 30 on average.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But he still managed to win, passing the post with three-quarters of a length in hand.
The Sun (2012)
Find yourself fantastic skin and you're three-quarters of the way there.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
At the beginning of the twentieth century, about three-quarters of the population worked outside in natural daylight.
Martlew, Gillian & Silver, Shelley Stay Well This Winter (1989)
Three-quarters of an hour are gone; first winds are failing, and weight and numbers beginning to tell.
Thomas Hughes Tom Brown's Schooldays (1857)
For longer plays, the preparation time is more like three-quarters of an hour for each minute on stage.
Aiken, Nick Working with Teenagers (1994)
You will have enough mixture to fill them three-quarters of the way up, which is what you want.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
More than three-quarters of the population think it's illegal to burn money and carrots help them see in the dark.
The Sun (2007)
Over the past 15 years those without access to a sanitary lavatory has dropped from more than three-quarters of the population to about half.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The findings suggest that the average is about five minutes, but the range varied from less than a minute to nearly three-quarters of an hour.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He is more exposed than his big rivals, but he has not been tested at a mile and three-quarters and might just relish the trip.
The Sun (2015)
Two-thirds now class their health and physique as a major priority, with three-quarters saying they have become more healthy in their eating habits as a result.
The Sun (2016)
Word lists with
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In other languages
three-quarter
British English: three-quarter ADJECTIVE
You can use three-quarter to describe something which is three fourths of the usual size or three fourths of a standard measurement.
Choose short or three-quarter sleeves for summer.
American English: three-quarter
Brazilian Portuguese: três quartos
Chinese: 七分的
European Spanish: tres cuartos
French: trois-quarts
German: drei viertel
Italian: a tre quarti
Japanese: 七分の
Korean: 칠분의
European Portuguese: três quartos
Latin American Spanish: tres cuartos
All related terms of 'three-quarter'
three-quarter time
a form of simple triple time in which there are three crotchet beats to the bar, indicated by the time signature 3 4
wing three-quarter
a player stationed on the wing
centre three-quarter
either of two middle players on the three-quarter line
three-quarter binding
a bookbinding style in which the spine and much of the sides are in a different material (esp leather ) from the rest of the covers
three-quarter nelson
a hold in which a wrestler, from a kneeling position behind a prone opponent , applies a half nelson with one arm, passes the other arm under the opponent's body on the near side, and locks the arms at the fingers or wrist on the back of the opponent's neck
three-four time
a form of simple triple time in which there are three crotchet beats to the bar, indicated by the time signature 3 4