three
- noun
- /θriː/
- In the game, a player drew a three from the deck, which could help in forming a winning hand.
Examples
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Pair of threes still best.
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And a three, do you know what a three stands for?
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Coach Dan, how many threes did Marcus make last year?
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UNC is trying to play and has hit two threes to take a 24-21 lead.
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Pair of threes.
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Give them threes.
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Six threes.
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Two threes.
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Four threes.
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The dealer announced that he would now reveal the three of hearts during the card game.
Synonyms
A playing card like the three of hearts or a die face showing three
Idioms
Compounds
Clothing made of three matching pieces, usually a jacket, trousers and a waistcoat
A slow animal from Central and South America that lives in trees and has three long claws on each foot
- Archaic
Seventy years that people often use to mean a typical human lifespan
- Jargon
A horse competition held over three days with dressage, cross-country, and jumping
- Archaic
A manual gearbox with three speeds and the gear stick on the steering column
Three voices or instruments sing different notes together to make a full sound
- Archaic
A long business lunch where people drink several martinis and relax
- Archaic
A line three miles from a country's coast that marks the sea it controls
- Specialized
All three wheels of a plane touch the ground at the same time as it arrives on the runway
A section added to the Book of Daniel containing a prayer and a song by three young men
A religious passage added to the Book of Daniel that contains a prayer and a song by three children
A Christian holiday twelve days after Christmas that remembers the visit of three wise men to baby Jesus
- Literature
The three highest gods in Taoism who represent the pure form of the Tao
- Specialized
A curved opening made by joining three curves into a wide, low shape
A small South American animal with three bands of hard plates on its back that can roll into a ball
- Specialized
A system that uses radio waves to show how far away, which direction, and how high objects are
- Specialized
A mild illness caused by a virus that gives a rash and can harm an unborn baby in early pregnancy
An organization that helps people share new ideas, find investors, and meet business contacts
- Specialized
A device with three wires that lets you turn lights on or off from two places
- Specialized
A book with its spine and most of the sides covered in a different material like leather
A small fish with three sharp spines on its back that lives in rivers and the sea
A small weed with round leaves that grows in open disturbed ground in North America
- Jargon
A horse that is three years old and usually races only against others of the same age
- Specialized
A device that lets you turn a light on or off from two different places
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Etymology
Three as a playing card is simply named after the number 'three' because the card shows three small marks called 'pips', so the card is just the 'three' and holds the third rank in each suit.