three times
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Definition
- Adverb:
- By a factor of three; multiplied by three: Indicates that a quantity has been tripled or is three times greater than a base amount.
Usage
- The adverb "three times" is used to modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs to express a tripling of amount, degree, or frequency. It is synonymous with "threefold."
- It is commonly used in comparative and quantitative contexts.
Examples
- Modifying a verb (indicating increase):
- The company's profits grew three times in the last quarter.
- Modifying an adjective (in a comparative structure):
- This new model is three times more efficient than the old one.
- Modifying a noun phrase (often with 'as much/many as'):
- She earns three times as much as I do.
Advanced Usage
- "three times over": An emphatic form meaning repeatedly or by a factor of three on multiple occasions.
- He checked the calculations three times over to ensure accuracy.
- In mathematical or formal contexts, "three times" can be used to state multiplication explicitly.
- Three times four is twelve.
Variants and Related Words
- Threefold (adj/adv): Consisting of three parts or being three times as great or as numerous.
- A threefold increase.
- Triple (adj/verb): Consisting of three parts; to become three times as great or numerous.
- They plan to triple their investment.
Synonyms
- Thrice (adv, formal/literary): Three times.
- The bell tolled thrice.
- Triply (adv): In a triple manner or degree.
Related Phrases
- Three times the size/amount: A common comparative phrase.
- The new warehouse is three times the size of the old one.
- At three times the rate: Indicating a pace or frequency that is tripled.
- The virus was spreading at three times the rate of the previous week.
Notes
- "Three times" is primarily an adverbial phrase. While "three-time" can function as a compound adjective (e.g., ), the target term here is the adverbial phrase "three times."
Adverb
- by a factor of three
- our rent increased threefold in the past five years