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three
[ three ]
noun
- a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
- a symbol for this number, as 3 or III.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with three pips.
adjective
- amounting to three in number.
three
/ θriː /
noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of two and one and is a prime number See also number
- a numeral, 3, III, (iii), representing this number
- the amount or quantity that is one greater than two
- something representing, represented by, or consisting of three units such as a playing card with three symbols on it
- Also calledthree o'clock three hours after noon or midnight
determiner
- amounting to three
three ships
- ( as pronoun )
three were killed
Word History and Origins
Origin of three1
Word History and Origins
Origin of three1
Idioms and Phrases
- three sheets in the wind. sheet 2( def 3 ).
Example Sentences
Their three-day scientific outing was paid for by Epstein and was big success.
Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
One of the other cops fired three times and those who were still able to give chase did.
So I was looking back at the years, and that really popped out at me, those three years.
Of the three nominated, Webster did the best, receiving 12 votes, Gohmert and Yoho received three and two votes, respectively.
It is thinner than that of chronic bronchitis, and upon standing separates into three layers of pus, mucus, and frothy serum.
I waited three months more, in great impatience, then sent him back to the same post, to see if there might be a reply.
There are three things a wise man will not trust: the wind, the sunshine of an April day, and woman's plighted faith.
In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
It separates into three layers upon standing—a brown deposit, a clear fluid, and a frothy layer.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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