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

But, a look beneath the surface shows that three-quarters of the index was actually lower — a possible reflection of a broken market. — Sarah Min, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

The productivity gains add up when AI systems can wrangle more than three-quarters of worker requests—with no human touch required. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

More than three-quarters of Latinos want the Democrats to take back Congress, while 65% don’t like the job Trump has done, according to a New York Times/Siena University poll released this month. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

Accusations of fraud have been the reasoning for doge’s evisceration of the federal workforce, ice’s occupation of Minneapolis, and, just last week, the removal of three-quarters of a million people from the Affordable Care Act rolls. — Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for three-quarters

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