three — Dizionario inglese

Numerale

1. A numerical value equal to 3; the number following two and preceding four.

   Esempi

   Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen.

   There is a soft-mat seat (which originally had a palm fiber underwebbing) supported by three curved transverse braces.

   Altri esempi (4)

   Okay, on three, we open the door and jump on the rope. One, two… Wait, wait! Do we go on three? Or do we go on “go”? Three! Who said anything about “go”?

   Now we continue zooming-in in three different directions depending on the number of ones.

   Why should she care? One…two… Do we shoot on three? Yes on three. Like one, two, three, shoot.

   The beetles are named Binburrum articuno, Binburrum moltres and Binburrum zapdos after three rare Pokémon: Articuno, Moltres and Zapdos.

2. Describing a set or group with three elements.

Sostantivo

1. The digit/figure 3.

   Esempi

   In our example, 1210 has 1 zero, 2 ones, 1 two and 0 threes.

2. Anything measuring three units, as length.

   Esempi

   Put all the threes in a separate container.

3. A person who is three years old.

   Esempi

   All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.

4. The playing card featuring three pips.

5. Three o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   It was a weary time. A carriage clock had been placed on the discoloured wooden mantelpiece, and slowly its hands crept on from one to two and from two to three.

Aggettivo

1. being one more than two

   Sinonimi

   iii

Sostantivo

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

   Sinonimi

   IIItriothreesometierceleashtroikatriadtrinetrinityternaryterniontriplettercetterzettotreydeuce-ace

   Termini più generali

   digitfigure

2. one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips

   Sinonimi

   trey

   Termini più generali

   playing card