three
three is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.
- 3.A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii. Rule of three. (Arith.) See under Rule, n.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- alone
- alter
- among
- animal
- area
- centesimal
- certain
- cube
- decimal
- decimate
- decimation
- deficit
- dimensional
- divide
- division
- duodecimal
- few
- fifth
- five
- fold
- form
- four
- fundamental
- geographical
- hundredth
- inter
- into
- large
- leash
- majority
- millesimal
- more
- multitude
- non
- not
- number
- object
- one
- other
- part
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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