three

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three [number]

The number 3

US /θriː/ 
UK /θriː/ 

سه

مثال: 

I've got three sisters.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

three

 number
3

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

three

three S1 /θriː/ BrE AmE number
[Language: Old English; Origin: thrie, threo]
1. the number 3:
They’ve won their last three games.
We’d better go. It’s almost three (=three o'clock).
My little sister’s only three (=three years old).
2. in threes in groups of three people or things:
Teachers taking part will be asked to work in threes. ⇨ ↑threesome, ↑third

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

three

three [three threes]   [θriː]    [θriː]  number
3  There are examples of how to use numbers at the entry for five.
more at in twos and threes at  two
Idiom: three Rs  
Word Origin:

Old English thrīe (masculine), thrīo, thrēo (feminine), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch drie and German drei, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin tres and Greek treis.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

three / θriː / number

A1 the number 3:

I've got three sisters.

School finishes at three (o'clock).

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

three

[θri͟ː]
 
 threes
 NUM

 Three is the number 3.
  We waited three months before going back to see the specialist.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

three
 

three /ˈɵriː/ noun, pl threes
1 [count] : the number 3
2 [count] : the third in a set or series
• the three of hearts
3 [noncount] : three o'clock
• “What time is it?” “It's three.”
• I leave each day at three.
in threes : in groups of three
• You'll be working in threes.
three sheets to the wind
- see 2sheet
two's company, three's a crowd
- see company
- three adj
three feet/dollars/weeks
- three pronoun
• I'll take three, please.
• Seven students passed the test and three failed.