Definition of "three-fourths" []

• Of three quarters the original size. (adjective)

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• "In New York City, nearly three-fourths of the public school students were black or Hispanic."
• "Any statute or ordinance can be revised or repealed by a majority of the appropriate legislative body, but amending the Constitution requires approval by two-thirds of both houses of Congress and then ratification by three-fourths of the states."
• "The body produces about three-fourths of a milligram of melatonin a day."