THREE TIMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does three times mean? 

• THREE TIMES (adverb)
  The adverb THREE TIMES has 1 sense:

1. by a factor of three

  Familiarity information: THREE TIMES used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THREE TIMES (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

By a factor of three

Synonyms:

three times; threefold

Context example:

our rent increased threefold in the past five years

 Context examples 

Diarrhea means that you have loose, watery stools more than three times in one day.

(Diarrhea, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Three times a day she studied a little book, which I found, on inspection, was a Common Prayer Book.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Then with a little confidential chuckle of laughter, he patted me two or three times on the chest, finally pushing me back into my chair.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

While they were dressing, he came two or three times to their different doors, to recommend their being quick, as Lady Catherine very much objected to be kept waiting for her dinner.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Researchers transplanted engineered pancreatic beta cells into diabetic mice and then induced the cells to produce more than two to three times the typical insulin levels when exposed to light.

(Researchers Develop Insulin-Producing Cells Activated by Light for Diabetes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Three times had our bearded friend from the Langham called for news—the third time within an hour of this fresh development.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Migraine is three times more common in women than in men.

(Migraine, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

It tasted so good to her—so very good, that the next day she longed for it three times as much as before.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Long life to her, with three times three!

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

We gave him three times three, and another, and a good one to finish with.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)