What does THREE mean?
Definitions for THREE
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Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word THREE.
Princeton's WordNet
three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-acenoun
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
trey, threeadjective
one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips
three, 3, iiiadjective
being one more than two
Wiktionary
threenoun
The digit/figure 3.
threenoun
Anything measuring three units, as length.
Put all the threes in a separate container.
threenoun
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.
threenoun
The playing card featuring three pips.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Threeadjective
Two and one.
Etymology: þrie , Saxon; dry, Dutch; tri, Welsh and Erse; tres, Lat.
Prove this a prosp’rous day, the three-nook’d world
Shall bear the olive freely. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.If you speak three words, it will three times report you the whole three words. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist. №. 249.
Great Atreus sons, Tydides fixt above,
With three-ag’d Nestor. Thomas Creech, Manilius.Jove hurls the three-fork’d thunder from above. Addison.
These three and three with osier bands we ty’d. Alexander Pope.
Down to these worlds I trod the dismal way,
And dragg’d the three-mouth’d dog to upper day. Alexander Pope.A strait needle, such as glovers use, with a three-edged point, useful in sewing up dead bodies. Samuel Sharp.
Away, thou three-inch’d fool; I am no beast. William Shakespeare.
A base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, filthy, worsted stocking knave. William Shakespeare, King Lear.
Webster Dictionary
Threeadjective
one more than two; two and one
Threenoun
the number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects
Threenoun
a symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii
Freebase
Three
Three is a 2002 horror film collaboration consisting of three omnibus segments by directors from three Asian countries. The segments are, in the following order: ⁕Memories, directed by Kim Ji-Woon - dialogue in Korean ⁕The Wheel, directed by Nonzee Nimibutr - dialogue in Thai ⁕Going Home, directed by Peter Chan - dialogue in Cantonese and Mandarin The project has a sequel, Three... Extremes following the same concept but with directors Fruit Chan, Takashi Miike and Park Chan-wook.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Three
thrē, adj. and n. two and one.—adj. Three′-cor′nered, having three corners or angles: (bot.) having three prominent longitudinal angles, as a stem.—n. Three′-deck′er, ship of war carrying guns on three decks: an old-fashioned pulpit.—adjs. Three′fold, folded thrice: thrice repeated: consisting of three; Three′-foot, measuring three feet, or having three feet; Three′-leafed, -leaved (bot.), having three distinct leaflets: having the leaves arranged in threes; Three′-lobed (bot.), having three lobes; Three′-man (Shak.), worked by three men.—n. Three′-mas′ter, a ship with three masts.—adjs. Three′-nerved, having three nerves: (bot.) having three distinct nerves running longitudinally without branching, as a leaf; Three′-nooked (Shak.), three-cornered; Three′-part′ed, consisting of three parts: (bot.) divided into three parts down to the base, as a leaf.—n. Threepence (thrē′pens, coll. thrip′ens), three pennies: a silver coin of the value of threepence.—adj. Three′penny, worth threepence: of little worth: mean, vulgar.—ns. Three′-per-cents., bonds or other securities paying three per cent. interest, esp. a portion of the consolidated debt of Great Britain; Three′-pile (Shak.), the finest kind of velvet.—adjs. Three′-piled, set with a thick pile, as velvet: (Shak.) of the best quality: (Shak.) piled one on another; Three′ply, having three plies or folds; Three′score, three times a score, sixty (also n.); Three′-sid′ed, having three sides; Three′some, triple; Three′-suit′ed, having but three suits of clothes; Three′-valved, consisting of, or opening with, three valves.—Three F's, free sale, fixity of tenure, fair rent—the three demands of the Irish Land League; Three R's (see R); Three times three, three cheers thrice repeated. [A.S. þreó, þrý, þír; Ice. þrír, Gael. tri, Goth. threis, Ger. drei, L. tres, Gr. treis, Sans. tri.]
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Rank popularity for the word 'THREE' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #121
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Rank popularity for the word 'THREE' in Written Corpus Frequency: #99
Anagrams for THREE »
Ether, ether, Reeth, theer, there
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of THREE in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of THREE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of THREE in a Sentence
This is a kid that the last three years has been out in the desolate desert tearing out new ground.
Drought this year has worsened compared to the last three seasons, but the provision of a water supply near the school means reduced class absenteeism because (students) have enough time to stay in the school.
You can see the direction the Roman workers were laying the stones in, you can see at one point one of the lines started to bend off and so they’ve had to turn one line into three to create a straight edge again, it’s these little human touches and errors that you can see in it that are important because they give you those glimpses into how it was made, who made it and their attitude to work, that gives you that real insight into the people of Roman Leicester.
Covid is the match that lit the fire. But Donald Trump has spent the last three years stoking and kindling and undermining the core pillars of our economic strength.
What we were told second hand was that there wasn't enough time, i know that every second is planned out for the President every day, but three minutes ? Three or four minutes ? I think he could spare that.
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- хҧа, хԥаAbkhaz
- drieAfrikaans
- ፫, ሦስትAmharic
- tresAragonese
- ٣, ثَلَاثَةٌ, ثلاثةArabic
- তিনিAssamese
- kimsaAymara
- üçAzerbaijani
- өсBashkir
- тро́е, тры, тро́йкаBelarusian
- триBulgarian
- তিন, ৩Bengali
- ༣, གསུམTibetan Standard
- tri, teirBreton
- tresCatalan, Valencian
- кхоъChechen
- trèCorsican
- troje, třiCzech
- трьѥ, триѥ, триOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- tair, triWelsh
- treDanish
- DreiGerman
- τρεις, τρίαGreek
- triEsperanto
- tresSpanish
- kolmEstonian
- hiruBasque
- سو, ۳, سهPersian
- kolme, kolmonenFinnish
- toluFijian
- trinnir, trý, tríggjar, tríggirFaroese
- trio, troisFrench
- trijeWestern Frisian
- tríIrish
- triùir, trìScottish Gaelic
- tresGalician
- mbohapyGuaraní
- ૩, ત્રગડોGujarati
- three, treeManx
- ukuHausa
- שלוש, שָׁלוֹשׁ, שְׁלוֹשָׁהHebrew
- तीन, ३Hindi
- twaHaitian Creole
- három, hármasHungarian
- երեքArmenian
- tresInterlingua
- tigaIndonesian
- ꌕNuosu
- triIdo
- þrír, þrjár, þrjúIcelandic
- treItalian
- שלושHebrew
- 三, san, 3Japanese
- teluJavanese
- სამიGeorgian
- үшKazakh
- pingasutKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- បីKhmer
- ಮೂರು, ೩Kannada
- 셋, 三, 석, 세, 삼Korean
- sêKurdish
- tri, teyrCornish
- үчKyrgyz
- tres, tribusLatin
- dräiLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ສາມ, ໓Lao
- trejerios, trejeri, trejetas, trysLithuanian
- trīsLatvian
- teloMalagasy
- jiluMarshallese
- toruMāori
- тројка, триMacedonian
- ൩, മൂന്ന്Malayalam
- तीनMarathi
- تلو, تيݢ, تري, tiga, tri, teluMalay
- tlietaMaltese
- ၃, သုံးBurmese
- aijuNauru
- तीनNepali
- drieDutch
- tri, treNorwegian
- tááʼNavajo, Navaho
- tatuChichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- tresOccitan
- niswiOjibwe, Ojibwa
- ତିନି, ୩Oriya
- ӕртӕOssetian, Ossetic
- ਤਿੰਨ, ੩Panjabi, Punjabi
- trójka, troje, trzyPolish
- trêsPortuguese
- kinsa, kimsaQuechua
- traisRomansh
- trei, triplă, tripluRomanian
- три, тро́йка, тро́еRussian
- त्रि, त्रयंSanskrit
- tresSardinian
- ٽيSindhi
- golbmaNorthern Sami
- тро́јка, trójka, trȋ, три̑Serbo-Croatian
- තුනSinhala, Sinhalese
- tri, traja, trojkaSlovak
- tríje, trí, trojkaSlovene
- saddexSomali
- tre, triAlbanian
- tiluSundanese
- trea, treSwedish
- மூன்று, ௩Tamil
- మూడు, ౩Telugu
- сеTajik
- สาม, ๓Thai
- üçTurkmen
- tatloTagalog
- üçTurkish
- өчTatar
- ئۈچUyghur, Uighur
- тро́є, три, трі́йка, трі́єчко, трі́йкоUkrainian
- تینUrdu
- uchUzbek
- ba, số baVietnamese
- troes, troejhinneWalloon
- דרײַ, דרייַYiddish
- 三Chinese
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