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thrice
What does thrice mean?
thrice (adverb): three times.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use thrice in a sentence?
- I called you thrice last night. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce thrice?
/θɹaɪs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does thrice come from?
From Middle English thrice, thries (“three times, thrice; a third time; repeated three times”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “thrice” mean?
three times
Right! That's what “thrice” means.
from that time on
Not quite: that's what thereafter means.
on a floor below
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on a floor above
Not quite: that's what upstairs means.
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