thrice

«thrice» in Mova's school dictionary: three times: he knocked thrice — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

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

• 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

Every meaning and example of «thrice» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.