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three

/θɹiː/ numeral A1
  1. A numerical value equal to 3; the number following two and preceding four.
  2. Describing a set or group with three elements.
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Three blows were struck upon the panel of the door.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 30 · C1
She was going to the butcher’s, she told me, on purpose to order in some meat on Wednesday, and she has got three couple of ducks just fit to be killed.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 308 · B2
Not these two or three years, perhaps.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 306 · B2
Arrived here only yesterday morning, and married today at three o’clock!
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 27 · C1

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