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THREE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of four playing cards in a deck having three pips
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("three" is a kind of...):
playing card (one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
Synonyms:
3; deuce-ace; III; leash; tercet; ternary; ternion; terzetto; three; threesome; tierce; trey; triad; trine; trinity; trio; triplet; troika
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("three" is a kind of...):
digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being one more than two
Synonyms:
3; iii; three
Classified under:
Similar:
cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)
Context examples:
All three of us cannot remain the night in this cabin.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Ah! I wish you had come three months ago, and then you would have found us all joyous and delighted.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
How often do I pace it three times a day, early and late, ay, and in all weathers too, and say nothing about it?
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 syndrome is caused by a mutation (change) in a gene called RET, and is divided into three subtypes (MEN2A, MEN2B, and FMTC).
(Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 syndrome, NCI Dictionary)
Oh, I see what you're at—there; and he threw down three or four gold pieces on the threshold.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Three days passed, by which time Buck and his mates found how really tired and weak they were.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Migraine is three times more common in women than in men.
(Migraine, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Mars will remain in this part of your chart until November 18, so those first nearly three weeks will be the most fun.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Then with a little confidential chuckle of laughter, he patted me two or three times on the chest, finally pushing me back into my chair.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But the three most distinguished—partly, perhaps, because the tallest figures of the band—were the Dowager Lady Ingram and her daughters, Blanche and Mary.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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