Definition of "three-quarter" in английский

adjective

1. of three fourths of the usual dimension

   • a three-quarter length coat.

2. (of a portrait) with the subject turned slightly away from a frontal view

noun

1. (rugby) A player positioned between the half-backs and the full-backs (properly a three-quarter back)

2. (only in singular) A fraction with three of four equal parts (=75 %)

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