What does three mean?
Definitions for three
θrithree
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage 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.
ChatGPT
three
Three is a numerical value that represents the quantity or amount of something when there are three units, objects, or elements present. It is an integer between two and four.
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
Wikidata
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
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Anagrams for three »
Ether
ether
Reeth
theer
there
rethe
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
I think there's not much to change, also in the last two sets, I definitely gave everything I had. Well, Novak Djokovic is part of three guys who are by far the best players to have ever played tennis.
If the facts are true, they would constitute violations of the order and of the The FTC Act — and The FTC would make Zatko Twitter a three-time loser, there would be no reason for The FTC not to throw the book at them.
If all investors thought we would be in the $50s for three years, I don't think there would be so much fund money piled up waiting for an energy investment.
Finance Minister Joaquim Levy:
When you talk about 8 percent inflation, that includes the first three months in Brazil where you have a lot of realignment of prices, the central bank has to be vigilant, especially as you go through adjustments so that expectations are anchored at 4.5 percent.
I feel good, i think that the last three games I’ve really been able to use my speed in the right moments. I’ve been trying to shoot the puck more.
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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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