three-quarters

noun

: an amount equal to three of the four equal parts which make up something : seventy-five percent

Three-quarters of the class will be going on the trip.

three-quarters of an hour

Examples of three-quarters in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Owners would then need to approve the move by a majority vote, not the three-quarters approval the league needs for many other important issues in front of the board of governors. — Esfandiar Baraheni, New York Times, 30 July 2026

The town offered no tax break and stood to make about $6 million in property taxes, something like three-quarters of the town budget. — Ethan Brooks, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

Nearly half of the country’s vegetables and more than three-quarters of its fruits and nuts come from California, according to the state. — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

On average, more than three-quarters of the global emissions from the burning of plant material comes from Africa and Asia, Copernicus statistics show. — Seth Borenstein, Fortune, 29 July 2026

Rhymes for three-quarters

• exporters
• headquarters
• hindquarters
• importers
• reporters
• supporters
• transporters
• mortars
• porters
• quarters
• sorters