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Definitions for Three

[1] a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
[2] a symbol for this number, as 3 or III.
[3] a set of this many persons or things.
[4] a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with three pips.
[5] amounting to three in number.
[6] three sheets in the wind . sheet2(def 3) .
[7] the cardinal number that is the sum of two and one and is a prime number See also number (def. 1)
[8] a numeral, 3, III, (iii), representing this number
[9] the amount or quantity that is one greater than two
[10] something representing, represented by, or consisting of three units such as a playing card with three symbols on it
[11] Also called: three o'clock three hours after noon or midnight
[12] amounting to three three ships (as pronoun ) three were killed

Words related to Three

treble, triple, trilateral, ternary, third, trinitarian, trio, troika, triumvirate, triad, trinity, triplicity, triplet, triplicate, trilogy, trichotomy, trivium, ternion, triangular, pyramidal

Words nearby Three

threap, threat, threaten, threatened species, threatening, three, three age system, three cheers for, three fires, three hours, three mile island

Origin of Three

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

Other words from Three

Related adjectives: ternary, tertiary, treble, triple
Related prefixes: tri-, ter-

Word origin for Three

Old English thrēo; related to Old Norse thrīr, Old High German drī, Latin trēs, Greek treis

Synonyms for Three

ternary, third, treble, trilateral, trinitarian, triple, pyramidal, ternate, triangular, trichotomic, trichotomous, trigonal, trigonous, trinal, trinary, tripartite