three – Webster’s NewWorld Dictionary; Jan 01, 1988

three (thre) adj. totaling one more than two–n.

1. the cardinal number between two and four; 3; III
2. any group of three people or things
3. something numbered three or having three units, as a playing card, domino, face of a die, etc.

 

three, modif.
— Syn. triple, treble, threefold, third, triform, triune, tertiary, thrice, triply.