Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Three times.
- adverb In a threefold quantity or degree.
- adverb Archaic Extremely; greatly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Three times.
- Hence, in a general sense, repeatedly; emphatically; fully.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Three times.
- adverb In a threefold manner or degree; repeatedly; very.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb
three times
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- adverb three times
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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NSW, traditionally the bread basket of Aussie cricket, are the T20 champions, but Victoria won the title thrice in succession before the last edition.
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Flashing twice means "I'm waiting for you;" and thrice translates to "I am home!"
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Flashing twice means "I'm waiting for you;" and thrice translates to "I am home!"
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So what chance does Scot Ross have running against incumbent Doug LaFollette (Robert's first cousin thrice removed) in the fall Democratic primary for Secretary of State?
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After watching the young woman frown after I told her my name thrice, I spelled it out for her: Steve.
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So if winning thrice is a trend, what is winning four times?
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So if winning thrice is a trend, what is winning four times?
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And I say in the book, Grant would no more use the word thrice than Huck Finn would say the Lord ` s prayer.
Grant and Twain: The Story of a Friendship That Changed America
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The word thrice repeated rose softly on the night air, but struck like a hammer upon the ears of the man who, in studying the brain, had found himself often and inextricably entangled in the religions and mysteries of the East.
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Upon the lowest platform he halted and lifted up his hands as in greeting, whereon up went painted shield and glittering spear and from the stalwart warriors rose a lusty shout, a word thrice repeated.
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