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Three   /θri/   Listen
adjective
Three  adj.  One more than two; two and one. "I offer thee three things." "Three solemn aisles approach the shrine." Note: 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.


noun
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.





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