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- [three]
- /θri/
- /θriː/
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- [three]
- /θri/
Definitions of three word
- noun three a cardinal number, 2 plus 1. 1
- noun three a symbol for this number, as 3 or III. 1
- noun three a set of this many persons or things. 1
- noun three a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with three pips. 1
- adjective three amounting to three in number. 1
- idioms three three sheets in the wind. sheet2 (def 3). 1
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Origin of three
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English thrēo, thrīo, feminine and neuter of thrī(e); cognate with Dutch drie, German drei, Old Norse thrīr, Gothic threis, Greek treîs, Latin trēs three, ter thrice, Irish trí, OCS tri, Sanskrit trī, tráyas
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Three
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
three popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
three usage trend in Literature
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