Three

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Three \Three\, n.
     1. The number greater by a unit than two; three units or
        objects.
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     2. A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.


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     {Rule of three}. (Arith.) See under {Rule}, n.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Three \Three\ (thr[=e]), a. [OE. [thorn]re, [thorn]reo,
     [thorn]ri, AS. [thorn]r[imac], masc., [thorn]re['o], fem. and
     neut.; akin to OFries. thre, OS. thria, threa, D. drie, G.
     drei, OHG. dr[imac], Icel. [thorn]r[imac]r, Dan. & Sw. tre,
     Goth. [thorn]reis, Lith. trys, Ir., Gael. & W. tri, Russ.
     tri, L. tres, Gr. trei^s, Skr. tri. [root]301. 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.
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           Three solemn aisles approach the shrine. --Keble.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  three
       adj : being one more than two [syn: {3}, {iii}]
       n : the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
           [syn: {3}, {III}, {trio}, {threesome}, {tierce}, {leash},
            {troika}, {triad}, {trine}, {trinity}, {ternary}, {ternion},
            {triplet}, {tercet}, {terzetto}, {trey}, {deuce-ace}]