three-quarters

[θ'rikw'ɔtəz]

Definition:
1. Three of four equal parts.
2. An amount that is three out of four equal parts of something.

Use 'three-quarters' in a sentence:

1. Of the bonds, three-quarters were American, many of them unrated.
2. three-quarters of the households in the percentile one year will still be there the next.
3. And we've done all this while cutting our deficits by almost three-quarters.
4. Three-quarters of Russians live in cities.
5. Three-quarters of Britons read tabloids at breakfast.
6. Three-quarters of working-age Americans work, compared with roughly 60% of Europeans.
7. Three-quarters of the surface of the great globe on which we live is covered with water.
8. The stock has lost three-quarters of its value since then.
9. Three-quarters of the sodium in our diets isn't from the saltshaker.
10. The number of deaths in battle fell by roughly three-quarters.
11. Three-quarters of Britain is covered with fields, towns or cities.
12. Nearly three-quarters of people questioned in an opinion poll agreed with the government's decision.
13. After some three-quarters of an hour, the door opened, and the Badger reappeared, solemnly leading by the paw of a very limp and dejected Toad.
14. Three-quarters of a million tourists visit every year-more than double the domestic population.
15. Nearly three-quarters of the first group guessed that Mr.Williams worked at a managerial level, while only 38.5 percent of the second group thought so.
16. Probably between two-thirds and three-quarters of all cancers are preventable.
17. They voted to accept a deal whereby the union will receive nearly three-quarters of a million pounds from the International Miners Organisation.
18. After months of haggling, they recovered only three-quarters of what they had lent.
19. Three-quarters of smokers think they're too high, as you might have expected.
20. Kelly thinks the scorching temperatures are behind around three-quarters of the reported deaths.
21. Tuesday's lunch overran by three-quarters of an hour.
22. This market power-Google has three-quarters of global search;
23. Among those born five years earlier, nearly three-quarters had been married by 35.
24. State oil companies control three-quarters of the world's crude oil reserves.
25. That was nearly three-quarters of the losses made by all Indian carriers combined.
26. Three-quarters could not cover costs beyond three months-if that.
27. The large meeting hall is three-quarters full.
28. Now, three-quarters of the mothers of school-age children work, but the calendar is written as if they were home waiting for the school bus.
29. Nearly three-quarters of those were hacked by servers in the United States.
30. Question 9. How do three-quarters of the teachers think about the Internet and digital search tools?
31. Ni surveyed centenarians around the world and found that most follow the "three-quarters" rule: they stop eating when they are three-quarters full.
32. It took him about three-quarters of an hour.
33. Nearly three-quarters of the first group guessed that Mr. Williams worked at a managerial level, while only 38.5 percent of the second group thought so.
34. Applications have increased by three-quarters.
35. Three-quarters of Intel's products are made by American workers.
36. Three-quarters of the students are African American.
37. The great exception is Alibaba, which handles nearly three-quarters of China's e-commerce.
38. The official figures show, actually, it's nearer to three-quarters.
39. Three-quarters had children living with them.
40. Shanxi, the center of production for the coal that supplies three-quarters of China's power,
41. Three-quarters of the diplomatic service and half the government front bench all sharing one tea trolley,
42. It did not pass unremarked that three-quarters of the petitions were instituted by women.
43. three-quarters of the population would disappear.
44. Three-quarters of the country's workers took part in the strike.
45. A little more than three-quarters said they had no influence.
46. Why hadn't they been able to get onto platform nine and three-quarters?
47. Hardly a word was said during the next three-quarters of an hour.
48. We were left with an open bottle of champagne three-quarters full.
49. Three-quarters of the world's countries signed the 1999 Mine Ban Treaty.
50. The first marine was stuck, maybe three-quarters of the way up the stairway.