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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.

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Three is always a great word to know.

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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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Idiom

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

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Example Sentences

There's no need to chill a pie crust for three hours.

All three of these studies concede that graduation rates aren't the final word in college accountability.

Yet the consistency among the three compilations masks large uncertainties in the raw data on which they are based.

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There's no need to chill a pie crust for three hours.

All three of these studies concede that graduation rates aren't the final word in college accountability.

Yet the consistency among the three compilations masks large uncertainties in the raw data on which they are based.

Catching three destructive wild pigs is quite a challenge.

Anyone who's ever seen a dog move around on three limbs knows that canines are remarkably resilient creatures.

The park service maintains three cabins in the crater for public use.

Time for cascades two and three in your triple crown of waterfalls.

At birth they're three feet long and experienced hunters, with a good chance of survival.

He was the second interior secretary to die in an air crash in three years.

Bishop to bring a gun to the meeting that day and kill three of her colleagues remains unclear.

But all three books make the case that the ineffectiveness of much philanthropy is actually the fault of the philanthropist.

To demonstrate their understanding of these terms, ask students to write or state sentences that use all three of these words.

Three or four times a day, they would take the water's temperature and record it on a chart.

Use three easy paint techniques to transform a room.

Decker has to fill in missing letters to three letter words after hearing the word pronounced.

The deal would reduce the number of major record companies to three from four.

We asked three experts to comment on the phenomenon.

There is no word yet on whether the invitation will be issued or whether the three will agree.

Cubs join the pride when they can move well enough to keep up-after about three months.

The dams will be notched down gradually, over three years, and it will take even longer for fish to return in force.

Three months where the company didn't release a significant new product.

The prime minister must now choose from three options.

In three easy steps, you can replenish your supply of stationery and wrapping paper without spending a penny.

We always planned to make this as a series of two or three movies.

The three astronauts knew they were looking at a potential death trap.

For more than three years, the world's banking system has lived through the equivalent of wartime.

Cheetahs need only drink once every three to four days.

Extending an experiment at the foundation of quantum physics confirms that two is company and three is a crowd.

But economic activity still declined in the last three months of the year.

Vimys made three history-making flights, inspiring the development of long-distance aviation for a skeptical world.

Below are three of the best internet streams able to cater to any flavor of space geek.

Colleges should shorten undergraduate curriculums from four years to three to increase access and reduce costs.

The difference this time is that all three of them.

Chinese researchers add three chromosomal regions to a slow-growing list of genetic links.

For three decades, the fluoroscope was a shoe salesman's best friend.

We painted this sitting room in three different shades to compare: cheery yellow, tangerine orange and shown here in chocolate.

Test driving three difference dancing games, on three different consoles, with the whole family.

Three children were killed early today in a fire that was probably ignited by an electric space heater, authorities said.

He was three when my daughter was born, and all of a sudden he went from being the light of my life to being satan incarnate.

Companies typically evolve through three stages of talent-spike development.

Our author scouts out three neighborhoods, staying in lodgings-from luxe to.

More than three decades of research shows that a focus on effort-not on intelligence or ability-is key to success in.

Three words someone else would use to describe me are intense, loyal and loud.

One mom, two teen daughters, and three manicures equals vacation happiness.

Three is the new four, as two automakers make big news with little three-cylinder engines with the displacement of a soda bottle.

Three hundred of these were on the first floor, the rest being.

Marine mammals face even steeper odds, with one in three species at risk of disappearing, according to the study.

Genomes of three tropical parasites are sequenced.

Three words someone else would use to describe me are focused, sincere and quick-witted.

Before and after: learn how three cramped rooms became a family hangout that breathes.

Mice healed three times faster than normal after their broken bones were flooded by proteins naturally used to regrow new tissues.

With better breeding and improved techniques, each hectare could accommodate three cows as well as some grain and trees.

Maldives has created three new marine protected areas, including important feeding grounds for manta rays and whale sharks.

The new advice could make three to five million more people eligible to take antiretroviral drugs.

His trade voyages united three continents and established the first global trading network.

Three ways to stuff a pocket, and please every palate.

See how three of these regions are coming to terms with to the.

Of the modes of persuasion furnished by the spoken word there are three kinds.

Our correspondents discuss three new books exploring the nature of philanthropy in a post-recessional world.

Next suppose the last of the first three is incorrect, but the first two of the first three are correct.

Three words someone else would use to describe me are inspired, driven and motivating.

What to do, where to stay, and where to eat in the city's three best neighborhoods for summer.

British scientists have created an embryo with three parents.

As a result, getting those three necessary letters of.

Female cheetahs typically have a litter of three cubs and live with them for one and a half to two years.

Just a few years ago two of every three intercontinental telephone calls were transmitted by telecommunication satellites.

She told me something that has stayed with me: the family had saved for three years to make the trip.

Three plant hunters venture off in search of rare, growing treasure.

Yill is a roll-along battery pack that powers a one-man office for three days.

Doctoral candidates should arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent by email or to the mailing address below.

Chinese firms now occupy three of the top four slots.

To be geo-literate is to be able to combine these three abilities to make decisions in real-world contexts.

Now suppose there are only three advisors and only one of them always tells the truth.

Even with three or four people working in a small quarry, many minutes or even hours can slide by with few.

Take full advantage of summer with ideas from three spaces that celebrate outdoor living.

They offered me three times as an option for the interview.

Three species of fungi containing the black pigment melanin-a substance also present in human.

Waves up to three metres high hit sections of the nation's coastline.

Its gleaming black frame perches with dignity on three fluted columns.

Three cities, three streets, three distinct styles for your home.

Canada is a federation composed of ten provinces and three territories.

Each side has three chances to persuade readers: opening, rebuttal and closing.

Sample town and country in a region touched by three distinctive historical figures.

Improved imaging technology promises more timely diagnosis and could be available for clinical use within three years.

The volcano's gas cloud lowers global temperatures by a degree for three years.

The umbrella rises from a sleeve centered in a flowerpot that's filled with three layers of material:.

In three of our cases, the president did indeed develop and then promote a new international strategy.

Fifteen lions went on a deadly search-and-rescue mission after militiamen stole three cubs, if news reports are to be believed.

It has no charge and rarely interacts with other particles, but it comes in three flavors-electron, muon and tau.

Often barely three feet wide and half that deep, the lowly acequia is a hand-dug, lovingly maintained ditch.

The nutrients plants need for good health are typically divided into three groups: macronutrients.

Applications must include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and a list of three references.

Nearby were three large combs and a pair of smaller shoes that may have belonged to a child.

In one development, three teams of scientists report they have turned back the clock on mouse skin.

Continue layering in this order to create three layers.

In late spring, tubers send up one to three leaves, each divided into three or more leaflets.

And three decades' worth of efforts by private foundations and federal agencies seem to have had only sporadic positive effects.

All three individuals understand the crucial connection between research, climate change and energy.

And with three young children, everyone seemed to be getting in the way.

Feed in-ground plants two or three times during the growing season.

Since he didn't figure their project to pan out, he worked construction for three years, then.

Plant batches of them shoulder-to-shoulder in a pot for three weeks of portable spring color.

Plant three large green basils toward the rear, two purple basils toward the center, and three dwarf basils in front.

Use three or four florist's picks for each pad, and push them completely through pad, well into the straw base.

After the first year°s growth, select three well-placed branches for scaffold limbs.

When new shoots appear in spring, remove all but the two or three strongest and apply a complete fertilizer.

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World English Dictionary

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

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1952, 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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