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# thrice

adverb (thrice) — old-fashioned, formal

«thrice» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (old-fashioned) Thrice means three times: he knocked thrice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrice/#m1)
2. Thrice can also be used before a word to mean very or extremely, as in "thrice-lovely". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrice/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrice/#x1)
- Thrice the witch stirred the pot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrice/#x2)
- Thrice 4 is 12. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrice/#x3)
- Peter denied knowing Jesus thrice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrice/#x4)
- He was thrice champion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrice/#x5)
- In modern English we usually say «three times», not «thrice». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrice/#x6)
- Then the thrice-lovely Nastasia herself leaped into the vats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrice/#x7)

### 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 Jewish tradition

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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thrice/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thrice/#x2)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thrice/#x3)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «thrice» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrice/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«thrice» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/thrice.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «thrice» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thrice/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«thrice» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/thrice.html) on Mova free.