three
Plural: threes
Noun
- The cardinal number following two.
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips
- The digit/figure 3.
- Anything measuring three units, as length.
- A person who is three years old.
- The playing card featuring three pips.
- Three o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
- Abbreviation of three-pointer.
Adjective Satellite
- being one more than two
Num
- A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).
- Describing a set or group with three elements.
Examples
- All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.
- My opponent thought for THREE minutes before making a mediocre play.
- Put all the threes in a separate container.
Origin / Etymology
PIE word
*tréyes
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 (treîs), Old Church Slavonic трьѥ (trĭje), and others.
Synonyms
3, deuce-ace, III, iii, leash, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika, tether
Scrabble Score: 8
three: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordthree: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
three: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary