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three

[ three ]

noun

  1. a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 3 or III.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.
  4. a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with three pips.


adjective

  1. amounting to three in number.

three

/ 胃谤颈藧 /

noun

  1. the cardinal number that is the sum of two and one and is a prime number See also number
  2. a numeral, 3, III, (iii), representing this number
  3. the amount or quantity that is one greater than two
  4. something representing, represented by, or consisting of three units such as a playing card with three symbols on it
  5. Also calledthree o'clock three hours after noon or midnight
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

determiner

    1. amounting to three

      three ships

    2. ( as pronoun )

      three were killed

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of three1

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English thr膿o, thr墨o, feminine and neuter of 迟丑谤墨(别); cognate with Dutch drie, German drei, Old Norse 迟丑谤墨谤, Gothic threis, Greek 迟谤别卯蝉, Latin 迟谤脓蝉 鈥渢丑谤别别,鈥 ter 鈥渢丑谤颈肠别,鈥 Irish 迟谤铆, Old Church Slavonic tri, Sanskrit tr墨, tr谩yas
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of three1

Old English 迟丑谤脓辞; related to Old Norse 迟丑谤墨谤, Old High German 诲谤墨, Latin 迟谤脓蝉, Greek treis
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. three sheets in the wind. sheet 2( def 3 ).
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We plotted three of the killings on a 3D reconstruction of Kenya's parliament, allowing us to trace the fatal shots back to the rifles of a police officer and a soldier.

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The Lakers still made plays down the stretch, Reaves hitting a big three.

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He made three or four decent saves and then was in a position where he could command his box much better than he has done for most of the season.

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In the three months since he took the oath of office, the 47th president has deployed his power in a way that compares to few predecessors.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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