noun
Meaning 1
The digit/figure 3.
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noun
The digit/figure 3.
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noun
Anything measuring three units, as length.
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noun
A person who is three years old.
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noun
The playing card featuring three pips.
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noun
Three o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
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noun
Abbreviation of three-pointer.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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num
A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).
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num
Describing a set or group with three elements.
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adjective satellite
being one more than two
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Synonyms: 3, iii
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noun
one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips
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Broader terms: playing card
noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
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Synonyms: 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-ace
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Broader terms: digit, figure
History
From Middle English thre, threo, thrie, thri, from Old English þrī, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Doublet of tres and trey. Cognate with German drei, Albanian tre, Armenian երեք (erekʻ), Latin trēs, Latvian trīs, Lithuanian trỹs, Greek τρεῖς (treís), Old Church Slavonic трьѥ (trĭje), and others.
Across languages
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