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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Three \Three\, n. 1. The number greater by a unit than two three units or objects. 2. A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii. {Rule of three}. (Arith.) See under {Rule}, n. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Three \Three\, a. [OE. [thorn]re, [thorn]reo, [thorn]ri, AS [thorn]r[=i], masc., [thorn]re['o], fem. and neut.; akin to OFries thre, OS thria, threa, D. drie, G. drei, OHG. dr[=i], Icel. [thorn]r[=i]r, Dan. & Sw tre, Goth. [thorn]reis, Lith. trys, Ir., Gael. & W. tri, Russ. tri, L. tres, Gr trei^s, Skr. tri. [root]301. Cf 3d {Drilling}, {Tern}, a., {Third}, {Thirteen}, {Thirty}, {Tierce}, {Trey}, {Tri-}, {Triad}, {Trinity}, {Tripod}.] One more than two two and one ``I offer thee three things.'' --2 Sam. xxiv. 12. Three solemn aisles approach the shrine. --Keble. Note: Three is often joined with other words forming compounds signifying divided into composed of or containing, three parts portions, organs, or the like as three-branched, three-capsuled, three-celled, three-cleft, three-edged, three-foot, three-footed, three-forked, three-grained, three-headed, three-legged, three-mouthed, three-nooked, three-petaled, three-pronged, three-ribbed, three-seeded, three-stringed, three-toed, and the like From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: three adj : being one more than two [syn: {3}, {iii}] n : the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one [syn: {3}, {III}, {trio}, {threesome}, {tierce}, {leash}, {troika}, {triad}, {trine}, {trinity}, {ternary}, {ternion}, {triplet}, {tercet}, {terzetto}, {trey}, {deuce-ace}]
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