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noun [ C ] uk / θriː / us / θriː /. in basketball, a successful shot taken from behind the three-point line (= a curved line that goes around the basket from one side of the playing area to the other) and that is worth three points: He shoots threes better than anyone on his team. More examples.
A1. the number 3. Examples. You wait ages for a bus and then three come along at once. She discovered that he had been married three times before. We have three children - a boy and two girls. Two and three equals five. You'll be examined in three main areas: speaking, listening, and reading comprehension.
the cardinal number that is the sum of two and one and is a prime number. See also number (sense 1) 2. a numeral, 3, III, (iii), representing this number. 3. the amount or quantity that is one greater than two. 4.
3 is the first Mersenne prime, as well as the second Mersenne prime exponent and the second double Mersenne prime exponent, for 7 and 127, respectively. 3 is also the first of five known Fermat primes, which include 5, 17, 257, and 65537.
Definition of three number in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. : a number that is one more than 2 see Table of Numbers. 2. : the third in a set or series. the three of hearts. 3. a. : something having three units or members. b. : three-pointer. three adjective. three pronoun, plural in construction. Examples of three in a Sentence. “What time is it?” “It's three .” I leave each day at three.
noun. The cardinal number between two and four; 3; III. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. The third in a set or sequence. American Heritage. Any group of three people or things. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Something numbered three or having three units, as a playing card, domino, face of a die, etc. Webster's New World.
three. / θriː / noun. the cardinal number that is the sum of two and one and is a prime number See also number. a numeral, 3, III, (iii), representing this number. the amount or quantity that is one greater than two. something representing, represented by, or consisting of three units such as a playing card with three symbols on it.
n. 1. The cardinal number equal to 2 + 1. 2. The third in a set or sequence. 3. Something having three parts, units, or members. [Middle English, from Old English thrī; see trei- in Indo-European roots .] three adj. & pron. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
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