three

[Three]

The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

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One more than two; two and one.

Noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

Adjective S.
being one more than two


a.
One more than two; two and one.

n.
The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.

n.
A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.


Three

Three , a. [OE. þre, þreo, þri, AS. þr'c6, masc., þre'a2, fem. and neut.; akin to OFries. thre, OS. thria, threa, D. drie, G. drei, OHG. dr'c6, Icel. þr'c6r, Dan. & Sw. tre, Goth. þreis, Lith. trys, Ir., Gael. & W. tri, Russ. tri, L. tres, Gr. trei^s, Skr. tri. 'fb301. 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.
&hand; 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.

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.

One more than two; two and one.

The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.

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Usage Examples

A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting, two of architecture and poetry and a hundred in dress.

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.

A saboteur in the house of art and a comedienne in the house of art theory, Lawler has spent three decades documenting the secret life of art. Functioning as a kind of one-woman CSI unit, she has photographed pictures and objects in collectors' homes, in galleries, on the walls of auction houses, and off the walls, in museum storage.

A father and two sons run Adelphia. It's a cable company. And they took from that company a billion dollars. A billion. Three people - three people took a billion dollars. What were they gonna do, start their own space program? 'Let's send the monkey to Mars, Dad!'

Ancient recipients of instant news probably couldn't do very much about it, for instance. Xerxes would still need three months to get his army together, and he might not get home for years.

All the interests of my reason, speculative as well as practical, combine in the three following questions: 1. What can I know? 2. What ought I to do? 3. What may I hope?

All three networks have always had a morning show but now cable of course is taking some of that audience away and a variety of other things, probably the Internet as well.

All we had aboard the ship that morning was one Annapolis graduate and three reserves.

Misspelled Form

three, rthree, 5three, 6three, ythree, gthree, rhree, 5hree, 6hree, yhree, ghree, trhree, t5hree, t6hree, tyhree, tghree, tghree, tyhree, tuhree, tjhree, tnhree, tgree, tyree, turee, tjree, tnree, thgree, thyree, thuree, thjree, thnree, theree, th4ree, th5ree, thtree, thfree, theee, th4ee, th5ee, thtee, thfee, threee, thr4ee, thr5ee, thrtee, thrfee, thrwee, thr3ee, thr4ee, thrree, thrsee, thrdee, thrwe, thr3e, thr4e, thrre, thrse, thrde, threwe, thre3e, thre4e, threre, threse, threde, threwe, thre3e, thre4e, threre, threse, threde, threw, thre3, thre4, threr, thres, thred, threew, three3, three4, threer, threes, threed.

Other Usage Examples

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

A group of us started a community center in Santa Monica. We've tried different programs, and three have worked really well. A poetry group. Once a week we visit Venice High and talk to girls at risk.

A lot has been written about Tony Perkins and myself and I figured, Let's get it straight. I had a relationship with Tony for two to three years, but those are only threads in the tapestry of my whole life.

After these three novels I gave up writing novels for a time I was dissatisfied with romantic doom, yet didn't see much way around it.

Absolutely the worst thing about this job is the travel and being away from family. I have a wife and three wonderful children, the kids are all active in sports and it's very difficult to up and leave and miss them growing up.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

After I had the Caesarean, I was told I had really strong stomach muscles and so would heal very quickly. And I did. I was up walking about within three hours. Six days after having her, I was out shopping and shortly after that I made it to David Walliams' wedding.

Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks' Christmas vacation and stayed for 21 years. I guess my mother never went back because she was lonely.

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