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θriː People Number Cookies Left Sweden’s Top Financial

Word3 three
WordType (number)
Phonetic /θriː/ /θriː/
Example
  • there are only three cookies left.
  • three of sweden’s top financial experts
  • ten people were invited but only three turned up.
  • can you lend me three dollars?
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three

(number)/θriː/ /θriː/
  1. 3
    • There are only three cookies left.
    • three of Sweden’s top financial experts
    • Ten people were invited but only three turned up.
    • Can you lend me three dollars?
    • a three-month contract
    • Look at page three.
    • Three and four is seven.
    • Three threes are nine.
    • I can't read your writing—is this meant to be a three?
    • The bulbs are planted in threes or fives (= groups of three or five).
    • We moved to America when I was three (= three years old).
    • Shall we meet at three (= at three o'clock), then?
  2. two or three at a time; in small numbers
    • People arrived in twos and threes.
  3. reading, writing and arithmetic, thought to be the most important parts of a child’s education
  4. 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.
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