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English Dictionary: three by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
three
adj
  1. being one more than two
    Synonym(s): three, 3, iii
n
  1. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
    Synonym(s): three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce- ace
  2. one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips
    Synonym(s): trey, three
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Three \Three\, a. [OE. [thorn]re, [thorn]reo, [thorn]ri, AS.
      [thorn]r[c6], masc., [thorn]re[a2], fem. and neut.; akin to
      OFries. thre, OS. thria, threa, D. drie, G. drei, OHG.
      dr[c6], Icel. [thorn]r[c6]r, Dan. & Sw. tre, Goth.
      [thorn]reis, Lith. trys, Ir., Gael. & W. tri, Russ. tri, L.
      tres, Gr. trei^s, Skr. tri. [fb]301. Cf. 3d {Drilling},
      {Tern}, a., {Third}, {Thirteen}, {Thirty}, {Tierce}, {Trey},
      {Tri-}, {Triad}, {Trinity}, {Tripod}.]
      One more than two; two and one. [bd]I offer thee three
      things.[b8] --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 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.
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