Three
[θriː] or [θri]
Definition
(noun.) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
(adj.) being one more than two .
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Definition
(a.) One more than two; two and one.
(n.) The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.
(n.) A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.
Edited by Astor
Definition
adj. and n. two and one.—adj. Three′-cor′nered having three corners or angles: (bot.) having three prominent longitudinal angles as a stem.—n. Three′-deck′er ship of war carrying guns on three decks: an old-fashioned pulpit.—adjs. Three′fold folded thrice: thrice repeated: consisting of three; Three′-foot measuring three feet or having three feet; Three′-leafed -leaved (bot.) having three distinct leaflets: having the leaves arranged in threes; Three′-lobed (bot.) having three lobes; Three′-man (Shak.) worked by three men.—n. Three′-mas′ter a ship with three masts.—adjs. Three′-nerved having three nerves: (bot.) having three distinct nerves running longitudinally without branching as a leaf; Three′-nooked (Shak.) three-cornered; Three′-part′ed consisting of three parts: (bot.) divided into three parts down to the base as a leaf.—n. Threepence (thrē′pens coll. thrip′ens) three pennies: a silver coin of the value of threepence.—adj. Three′penny worth threepence: of little worth: mean vulgar.—ns. Three′-per-cents. bonds or other securities paying three per cent. interest esp. a portion of the consolidated debt of Great Britain; Three′-pile (Shak.) the finest kind of velvet.—adjs. Three′-piled set with a thick pile as velvet: (Shak.) of the best quality: (Shak.) piled one on another; Three′ply having three plies or folds; Three′score three times a score sixty (also n.); Three′-sid′ed having three sides; Three′some triple; Three′-suit′ed having but three suits of clothes; Three′-valved consisting of or opening with three valves.—Three F's free sale fixity of tenure fair rent—the three demands of the Irish Land League; Three R's (see R); Three times three three cheers thrice repeated.
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Examples
- Since that time, nothing has been heard to my knowledge of the three Hindoos. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Dating from three o'clock yesterday. Jane Austen. Emma.
- In a whisper, he explained to me the apparition of the three figures on the platform of rock. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- This thrown open, admitted him to his own private apartment of three rooms: his bed-chamber and two others. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- By only raising my voice, and saying any thing two or three times over, she is sure to hear; but then she is used to my voice. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The quality of hotels is shown by an inn with one, two, three, or four gables, and so forth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- From Raymond there is a direct road to Edward's station, some three miles west of Champion's Hill. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The path just admitted three. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Three yellow squares of light shone above us in the gathering gloom. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It cannot have been upward of three hundred and seventy or eighty days. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- With its sharp clear bell it strikes three quarters after seven and ticks on again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Well, sir, not of much account; but three of them have gone lame, sir. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- In such a Kaleidoscope, the circular figure will be formed by three reflections from each glass. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The baggage-car was divided into three compartments--one for trunks and packages, one for the mail, and one for smoking. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Why, Mr. Holmes, the crime was only committed at three this morning. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The apes scattered by ones, and twos, and threes in all directions, but ever within sound of a signal of alarm. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I had not been long on the road, before I noticed that other people--by twos and threes--appeared to be travelling in the same direction as myself. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Houses in twos and threes pass by us, solitary farms, ruinous buildings, dye-works, tanneries, and the like, open country, avenues of leafless trees. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The police closed again round the doorway, and men stole out from among the crowd by twos and threes and stood behind them to be the first to see. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- On ordinary working-days she braided it in threes; on ordinary Sundays in fours; at Maypolings, gipsyings, and the like, she braided it in fives. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The three passed and then came nine more, flying much higher in the minute, pointed formations of threes, threes and threes. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- After lunch, people strolled about, by twos and threes, through the house and garden, enjoying the sunshine without and within. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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