Pronunciation
- (RP) enPR: thrē IPA: /θɹiː/, [θɾ̪̊iː], [θɾ̪̊ɪi]
- (British, th-fronting) enPR: frē IPA: /fɹiː/
- (Ireland) IPA: /θɹiː/, [θɾ̪̊iː], [t̪ɾ̪̊iː]
- (GA) enPR: thrē IPA: /θɹiː/, [θɾ̪̊i]
- cln en A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).
- 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage: A Novel, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, OCLC 6868219 ↗:
- Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen.
- Describing a set or group with three elements.
three (plural threes)
- The digit/figure 3.
- Anything measuring three units, as length.
- Put all the threes in a separate container.
- A person who is three years old.
- All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.
- The playing card featuring three pips.
- (basketball) Abbreviation of three-pointer#English|three-pointer.
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