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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Three \Three\ (thr[=e]), 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.
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           Three solemn aisles approach the shrine. --Keble.
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Three \Three\, n.
     1. The number greater by a unit than two; three units or
        objects.
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     2. A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.
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     Rule of three. (Arith.) See under Rule, n.
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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) 2.0 : [ 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]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  three
     Αγγλικά num.
     τρία

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  three
     n.
     1 The digit/figure 3.
     2 Anything measuring three units, as length.
     3 A person who is three years old.
     4 The playing card featuring three pips.
     5 Three o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
     6 (lb en basketball) (abbreviation of en three-pointer)
     num.
     1 (cln en cardinal numbers) A numerical value after two and before
  four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).
     2 (n-g: Describing a set or group with three elements.)
     Scots num.
     (cln sco cardinal numbers) three#English

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Three
     Translingual n.
     (alt case mul three nodot=1) (ng: of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony
  alphabet).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  three
     n.
     1 The digit/figure 3.
     2 Anything measuring three units, as length.
     3 A person who is three years old.
     4 The playing card featuring three pips.
     5 Three o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
     6 (lb en basketball) (abbreviation of en three-pointer)
     num.
     1 (cln en cardinal numbers) A numerical value after two and before
  four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).
     2 (n-g: Describing a set or group with three elements.)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  three
     Translingual n.
     (phonetic alphabet NATO/ICAO=1 num=1 3)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Three
     Translingual n.
     (alt case mul three nodot=1) (ng: of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony
  alphabet).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  three
     Translingual n.
     (phonetic alphabet NATO/ICAO=1 num=1 3)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Three
     Translingual n.
     (alt case mul three nodot=1) (ng: of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony
  alphabet).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  three
     Englanti n.
     kolmonen
     Englanti num.
     (kard) kolme

From Albanian Wiktionary [incomplete] (2016-11-13) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sq-ALL-2016-11-13 ]


  three
     Anglisht num.
     tre

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  three
     Engelska card.
     grundtalet tre#Svenska

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  three /θɹˈiː/
  drie

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Three /θɹˈiː/
  ثلاثة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  three //fɹiː// //θɹiː// /[t̪ɾ̪̊iː]/ /[θɹi]/ /[θɹ̥i]/ /[θɹ̥ɪi]/ /[θɾ̪̊i]/ /[θɾ̪̊iː]/ /[θɾ̪̊ɪi]/ 
  три
  cardinal number 3