🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

4분의 3

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sa-bun-ui sam

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Three-fourths/ˌθriːˈfɔːrðz/
noundeterminerCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #4500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"응답자의 4분의 3이 찬성했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A numerical quantity that constitutes three equal parts of a whole that has been divided into four parts; 3/4.

    "Three-fourths of the students completed the assignment on time."
As determiner
  1. 1

    Specifying a quantity equal to seventy-five percent of a given countable or uncountable whole.

    "They painted three-fourths of the fence before it started to rain."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the numeral 'three' (from Old English 'þrēo') and the fraction 'fourth' (from Old English 'fēorða'), established structurally during the Middle English period. It evolved to mathematically express a ratio or proportion equivalent to three parts out of four equal divisions.

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