three

CEFRA1

/θɹiː/

number · numeral · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    number

    The number after two and before four.

  2. 02

    number

    Extra detail

    Describing a set or group with three elements.

Examples

  • Excuse me; allow me to point out three errors in the above article.

  • I can't take it anymore! I haven't slept for three days!

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
3
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • [t̪ɾ̪̊iː]
  • /fɹiː/

Deep Dive

number

Extra meaning

  1. The digit/figure 3.

numeral

Extra meaning

  1. A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).

noun

Extra meaning

  1. Anything measuring three units, as length.

More examples

In context

  • There are only three cookies left.

  • All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.

  • Put all the threes in a separate container.

Synonyms

Quick test

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Origin

number

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.