three

Plural

threes

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.The digit/figure 3.

   • In our example, 1210 has 1 zero, 2 ones, 1 two and 0 threes.

2. 2.Anything measuring three units, as length.

   • Put all the threes in a separate container.

3. 3.A person who is three years old.

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

4. 4.The playing card featuring three pips.

   • We eat a meal three times a day.
   • Mike works out in the gym two or three times a week.
   • They are three old men.

Num

Numeral

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A word that represents a number or quantity.

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

   • Venters began to count them, one, two, three, four, on up to sixteen.
   • Now we continue zooming-in in three different directions depending on the number of ones.
   • There is a soft-mat seat (which originally had a palm fiber underwebbing) supported by three curved transverse braces.

2. 2.Describing a set or group with three elements.

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