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noun
1.
a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
2.
a symbol for this number, as 3 or III.
3.
a set of this many persons or things.
4.
a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with three pips.
adjective
5.
amounting to three in number.
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Three
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
6.
three sheets in the wind. sheet2 (def. 3).
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English thrēo, thrīo, feminine and neuter of thrī(e); cognate with Dutch drie, German drei, Old Norse thrīr, Gothic threis, Greek treîs, Latin trēs three, ter thrice, Irish trí, OCS tri, Sanskrit trī, tráyas
before 900; Middle English; Old English thrēo, thrīo, feminine and neuter of thrī(e); cognate with Dutch drie, German drei, Old Norse thrīr, Gothic threis, Greek treîs, Latin trēs three, ter thrice, Irish trí, OCS tri, Sanskrit trī, tráyas
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Example Sentences
- Mice healed three times faster than normal after their broken bones were flooded by proteins naturally used to regrow new tissues.
- But economic activity still declined in the last three months of the year.
- In three easy steps, you can replenish your supply of stationery and wrapping paper without spending a penny.
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| three (θriː) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | See also number the cardinal number that is the sum of two and one and is a prime number |
| 2. | a numeral, 3, III, (iii), representing this number |
| 3. | the amount or quantity that is one greater than two |
| 4. | something representing, represented by, or consisting of three units such as a playing card with three symbols on it |
| 5. | Also called: three o'clock three hours after noon or midnight |
| —determiner | |
| 6. | a. amounting to three: three ships |
| b. (as pronoun): three were killed | |
| Related: ternary, tertiary, treble, triple, tri-, ter- | |
| [Old English thrēo; related to Old Norse thrīr, Old High German drī, Latin trēs, Greek treis] | |
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Word Origin & History
three
O.E. þreo, fem. and neut. (masc. þri, þrie), from P.Gmc. *thrijiz (cf. O.Fris. thre, M.Du., Du. drie, O.H.G. dri, Ger. drei, O.N. þrir, Dan. tre), from PIE *trejes (cf. Skt. trayas, Avestan thri, Gk. treis, L. tres, Lith. trys, O.C.S. trye, Ir., Welsh tri "three"). 3-D first attested
EXPAND1952, abbreviation of three-dimensional (1878). Three-piece suit is recorded from 1909. Three cheers for ______ is recorded from 1751. Three-martini lunch is attested from 1972. Three-ring circus first recorded 1898. Three-sixty "complete turnaround" is from 1927, originally among aviators, in ref. to the number of degrees in a full circle. Three musketeers translates Fr. les trois mousquetaires, title of an 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas père.
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