Meaning of three-quarter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A player positioned between the half-backs and the full-backs (properly a three-quarter back)
2. A fraction with three of four equal parts (=75 %)
   singular

Equivalents

Examples

“England's superior conditioning began to show⟳ in the final quarter and as the game began to break⟳ up, their three-quarters began to stamp⟳ their authority on the game. And when Foden went on a mazy run⟳ from inside his own⟳ 22 and put⟳ Ashton in for a long-range try⟳, any threat of an upset⟳ was when and truly snuffed out.”

“Europe has around a three-quarter billion/milliard (i.e. 750 million) inhabitants.”

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