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Definition of Three times
1. Adverb. By a factor of three. "Our rent increased threefold in the past five years"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Three Times
Literary usage of Three times
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1912)
"Bassanio follows; they go up and down two or three times C to R; C to LC; finishing
C. Gratiano and Nerissa do the same, up and down R. This stage business ..."
2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1907)
"three times THREE BROTHERS ON THE FRENCH THRONE. By ELIZABETH F. PARKER. WHEN I
was at school, my teacher, who was quite a remarkable historian, ..."
3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"... three times, and left a large family, the descendants of which are now numerous.
His portrait, presented by one of his sons, is in the Painted Hall at ..."
4. American Men of Science: A Biographical Directory by Jaques Cattell, Jaques Cattell Press (1921)
"Finally—and this seems to have been overlooked—there are three times as many
families of two as of eight, and there are in fact 16 chances out of 61, ..."
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