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The number 3, one more than two and one less than four.
"She bought three apples at the market."
"They waited three hours for the delayed flight."
How to Use Three
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe number 3.
Common pairings
the big three
three times
group of three
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Etymology
From Old English þrī, from a very old Indo-European root for the number three, shared with Latin trēs and Greek treîs.