thrice
part of speech
adverb (thrice) — old-fashioned, formal
meaning for a pupil
1) (old-fashioned) Thrice means three times: he knocked thrice. tree →
2) Thrice can also be used before a word to mean very or extremely, as in "thrice-lovely". tree →
sense in the lessons
Old stories, fairy tales, poems and the Bible use «thrice»; in modern talk people say «three times». Maths: thrice a number means the number multiplied by 3. Bible: Jesus told Peter he would deny him thrice before the cock crowed. Compare: once, twice, thrice, then «four times».
examples
- Lo, all these things doth God work, twice, yea thrice, with a man, (Writings JOB.33.29, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he said unto the king of Israel: 'Smite upon the ground'; and he smote thrice, and stayed. (Prophets 2KI.13.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the man of God was wroth with him, and said: 'Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Aram till thou hadst consumed it; whereas now thou shalt smite Aram but thrice.' (Prophets 2KI.13.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- The knight knocked thrice on the castle door. tree →
- Thrice the witch stirred the pot. tree →
- Thrice 4 is 12. tree →
- Peter denied knowing Jesus thrice. tree →
- He was thrice champion. tree →
- In modern English we usually say «three times», not «thrice». tree →
- Then the thrice-lovely Nastasia herself leaped into the vats. tree →
note
Old-fashioned; in school maths write «three times» or «×3». There is no «fource»: after thrice, say «four times», «five times». Maths: thrice 7 = 21.
In the corpora
- And he said unto the king of Israel: 'Smite upon the ground'; and he smote thrice, and stayed.
- Lo, all these things doth God work, twice, yea thrice, with a man,
Trees and pragmatics
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