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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
three       [three] Pronunciation Key,
–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.
6.three sheets in the wind. sheet2 (def. 3).

[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE thréo, thrīo, fem. and neut. of thrī(e); c. D drie, G drei, ON thrīr, Goth threis, Gk treǐs, L trés three, ter thrice, Ir trí, OCS tri, Skt trī, tráyas]
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
three       (thrē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The cardinal number equal to 2 + 1.
  2. The third in a set or sequence.
  3. Something having three parts, units, or members.


[Middle English, from Old English thrī; see trei- in Indo-European roots.]

three adj. & pron.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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 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.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
three

adjective
1. being one more than two 

noun
1. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one 
2. one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips [syn: trey

U.S. Gazetteer - Cite This Source - Share This

Three Springs, PA (borough, FIPS 69336) Location: 40.19517 N, 77.98393 W
Population (1990): 422 (194 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 17264

Three Rivers, MA (CDP, FIPS 69730) Location: 42.18036 N, 72.37166 W
Population (1990): 3006 (1267 housing units)
Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 01080

Three Rivers, CA Zip code(s): 93271

Three Oaks, MI (village, FIPS 79720) Location: 41.79933 N, 86.61274 W
Population (1990): 1786 (744 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 49128

Three Rivers, TX (city, FIPS 72872) Location: 28.46563 N, 98.17792 W
Population (1990): 1889 (807 housing units)
Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 78071

Three Lakes, WI Zip code(s): 54562

Three Forks, MT (town, FIPS 73975) Location: 45.88937 N, 111.55368 W
Population (1990): 1203 (549 housing units)
Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 59752

Three Churches, WV Zip code(s): 26765

Three Bridges, NJ Zip code(s): 08887

Three Rivers, MI (city, FIPS 79760) Location: 41.94407 N, 85.63213 W
Population (1990): 7413 (3156 housing units)
Area: 10.0 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 49093

Three Rivers, OR (CDP, FIPS 73225) Location: 43.82014 N, 121.46801 W
Population (1990): 1268 (887 housing units)
Area: 21.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Three Points, AZ (CDP, FIPS 73700) Location: 32.06752 N, 111.27841 W
Population (1990): 2175 (875 housing units)
Area: 126.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Three Mile Bay, NY Zip code(s): 13693

Chevy Chase Section Three, MD (village, FIPS 16730) Location: 38.96945 N, 77.07927 W
Population (1990): 2078 (715 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Three

Three\, a. [OE. [thorn]re, [thorn]reo, [thorn]ri, AS. [thorn]r[=i], masc., [thorn]re['o], fem. and neut.; akin to OFries. thre, OS. thria, threa, D. drie, G. drei, OHG. dr[=i], Icel. [thorn]r[=i]r, Dan. & Sw. tre, Goth. [thorn]reis, Lith. trys, Ir., Gael. & W. tri, Russ. tri, L. tres, Gr. trei^s, Skr. tri. [root]301. Cf. 3d Drilling, Tern, a., Third, Thirteen, Thirty, Tierce, Trey, Tri-, Triad, Trinity, Tripod.] 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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Three

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.

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