THREE

three, iii

(adjective) being one more than two

trey, three

(noun) one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips

three, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-ace

(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Numeral

three

A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).

Describing a set or group with three elements.

Synonyms

• (numerical value): leash, tether (dialectal)

Noun

three (plural threes)

The digit/figure 3.

Anything measuring three units, as length.

A person who is three years old.

The playing card featuring three pips.

(basketball) Abbreviation of three-pointer.

Anagrams

• Ehret, Ether, Reeth, ether, rethe, theer, there

Source: Wiktionary

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Three, a. Etym: [OE. þre, þreo, þri, AS. þri, masc., þreó, fem. and neut.; akin to OFries. thre, OS. thria, threa, D. drie, G. drei, OHG. dri, Icel. þrir, Dan. & Sw. tre, Goth. þreis, Lith. trys, Ir., Gael. & W. tri, Russ. tri, L. tres, Gr. trei^s, Skr. tri. *301. Cf. 3d Drilling, Tern, a., Third, Thirteen, Thirty, Tierce, Trey, Tri-, Triad, Trinity, Tripod.]

Definition: One more than two; two and one. "I offer thee three things." 2 Sam. xxiv. 12. Three solemn aisles approach the shrine. Keble.

Note: Three is often joined with other words, forming compounds signifying divided into, composed of, or containing, three parts, portions, organs, or the like; as, three-branched, three-capsuled, three-celled, three-cleft, three-edged, three-foot, three-footed, three-forked, three-grained, three-headed, three-legged, three- mouthed, three-nooked, three-petaled, three-pronged, three-ribbed, three-seeded, three-stringed, three-toed, and the like.

Three, n.

1. The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.

2. A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii. Rule of three. (Arith.) See under Rule, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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