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.
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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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Three' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #121
Written Corpus Frequency
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
All in all, it's a good round but the back nine ... if I just make a better swing on the par-three and then a two-putt, it's not too bad, i missed the cut the last time I played here so we are ahead of the curve right now.
It makes a team like Spire have a business model where, in three years, we feel like we can be a top 15 Cup team. With this car, that's possible.
Their basic problems are who is the buyer, where is the land and can India have a regime where they can raise low-cost capital? these three issues have to be addressed and we are addressing them.
But now I was a rich man, three things have left me bare; dice, wine, and women, these three have made me poor.
Many things will disappear from each of the three main communications industries so that a new industry can be born. I don`t know what it will be called. It could be named social relations.
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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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