two-thirds
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- noun
- /tuː θɜrdz/
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dos tercios
- Each part requires a two-thirds majority to pass.
- nearly two-thirds
- about two-thirds
- more than two-thirds
Examples
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Suicide accounts for about 1% of all deaths, and in two-thirds of cases, this is attributable to depression.
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You won't get the full amount for the jewels, of course, but you'll get about two-thirds, say, £170,000.
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Look, we have to cut two-thirds of our staff.
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And to win, we must have a two-thirds vote of the House and Senate.
Fiction book (1990) -
About a quarter of mothers had a high school education, and two-thirds had an academic degree.
Academic text (2008) -
Two-thirds of their work force fall under that category.
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Of these events, 62 percent are verbal, and more than two-thirds of these were not official statements.
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Sixty-seven percent of the sample were women, and two-thirds of the respondents were not married.
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In situations in which there was disagreement, a two-thirds majority determined the final code following discussion.
Academic text (2011) -
To pass the law, we need a two-thirds majority in the Senate.
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Etymology
Two-thirds comes from joining two ('two') and thirds ('one of three parts'), so it means 'two out of three equal parts'. Imagine a pizza cut into three equal slices: if you take two slices, you have two-thirds of the pizza.