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Definition of Three
1. Adjective. Being one more than two.
2. Noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
Generic synonyms: Digit, Figure
3. Noun. One of four playing cards in a deck having three pips.
Definition of Three
1. a. One more than two; two and one.
2. n. The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.
Definition of Three
1. Cardinal numeral. (cardinal) A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; This many dots (•••). ¹
2. Cardinal numeral. Describing a set or group with three components. ¹
3. Noun. The digit/figure 3. ¹
4. Noun. Anything measuring three units, as length. ¹
5. Noun. A person who is three years old. ¹
6. Noun. The playing card featuring three pips. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Three
1. a number [n -S]
Medical Definition of Three
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One more than two; two and one. "I offer thee three things." "Three solemn aisles approach the shrine." (Keble)
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.
Origin: OE. Thre, threo, thri, AS. Thri, masc, threo, fem. And neut.; akin to OFries. Thre, OS. Thria, threa, D. Drie, G. Drei, OHG. Dri, Icel. Thrir, Dan. & Sw. Tre, Goth. Threis, Lith. Trys, Ir, Gael. & W. Tri, Russ. Tri, L. Tres, Gr. Trei^s, Skr. Tri. 301. Cf. 3d Drilling, Tern, Third, Thirteen, Thirty, Tierce, Trey, Tri-, Triad, Trinity, Tripod.
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.