Meaning & use
thrice
Three times, an older and more formal word for the same meaning as three times.
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The old proverb warns that a wise person measures thrice and cuts only once.
He knocked thrice on the heavy wooden door before anyone finally answered.
A note on using this word
Thrice sounds old-fashioned or literary in modern English, where three times is now the standard everyday phrase.
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