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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
/ θː /
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
"One doctor takes their own life every three weeks, and a nurse every week," he said.
Expectations are growing that the Bank of England could cut interest rates three more times this year because of the global fallout from US trade tariffs.
She is charged with the murder of three relatives and the attempted murder of another, with the case centring on a beef wellington lunch at her house in July 2023.
However the lead lasted less than three minutes before Kane tied it on a wrist shot from the high slot.
The company's latest financial figures showed that global sales fell by 1% in the three months to the end of March, the fifth quarterly decline in a row.
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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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