Three meaning

thrē

noun

Anything measuring three units, as length.

Put all the threes in a separate container.

noun

The digit/figure 3.

noun

A person who is three years old.

All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.

noun

The playing card featuring three pips.

noun

Three is the number between two and four, or a group of two plus one more people or things.

An example of three is how old a child turns after having been two years old.

An example of three is a group of puppies made up of two males and a female.

noun

The definition of three is two plus one more.

An example of three is a couple and one of their friends; three friends.

adjective

The cardinal number equal to 2 + 1.

noun

The third in a set or sequence.

noun

Something having three parts, units, or members.

noun

Totaling one more than two.

adjective

The cardinal number between two and four; 3; III.

noun

Any group of three people or things.

noun

Something numbered three or having three units, as a playing card, domino, face of a die, etc.

noun

Middle English from Old English thrī trei- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle English, from Old English Ã¾rÄ«, from Proto-Germanic *Ã¾rÄ«z, from Proto-Indo-European *trÃ©yes.

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