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θriː Number Bre People Arrived Twos Threes Native

Word three
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Phonetic BrE / θriː / NAmE / θriː /
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  • people arrived in twos and threes.
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(number)BrE / θriː / NAmE / θriː /
  1. 3
  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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