Three-peat, unfortunately, is a term trademarked in the US by former Laker coach and current Heat GM Pat Riley, so while it's in generic use as a figure of speech, it has to be licensed if being used for merchandise. Further, the -peat portion of those terms applies in speech to season-long championships, not tries or successes in a single contest. vocabulary - Hat-trick is for three, what's the word for four ...
A company consisting of three is worth nothing. It is the Spanish opinion who say that to keep a secret three are too many, and to be merry they are too few. John Collins provides this translation which resembles more closely the English proverb (1834) “Three persons in company are too many for any secret affair, and two few for social ... Or possibly three times a quarter, which is monthly.
three stages of labor, You can't redefine a quarter as a third, though. Three times a year is triannual — not triennial which is every three years. You could also say every four months; "every four months" is preferable because it removes the possibility of confusion between triennial and triannual. To express a fraction of 3 out of 4, how and when would you use three quarters, and when would you use three fourths? To me, three quarters is what I would have used all the time — but I'm not a n...
three stages of labor, word choice - "Three quarters" vs. "three fourths" - English Language ... Why do we have both the word "three" and the numeral "3" in this sentence? The number 345 has three digits, where the first digit is a 3. writing style - Why do we have both the word "three" and the numeral "3 ...
