/θriː/
Translation
The number 3, one more than two.
Word origin
From Old English threo, the common Germanic word for the number 3.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- threo
Examples
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"Three" tells us how many apples - 3.
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Here "three" counts the children.
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Here "three" tells us her age.
Where this fits
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Grammar articles
(58)Adjective order in English: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose
Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Advanced articles in English: the zero article, the with names and places, and go to school vs go to the school
Articles in English: a, an, the and the zero article
Both, either and neither in English: the two-of-something words, agreement traps, and Me neither
British vs American grammar: have got, gotten, the team are, and the other quiet differences
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Cleft sentences in English: it was X who, what I need is, and how to move the emphasis
Comparatives and superlatives in English: the complete guide
Countable and uncountable nouns in English: advice, information, news and the ones you simply have to learn
This, That, These and Those: How to Point at Things in English
Discourse markers in English: well, anyway, actually, mind you and by the way
Dummy subjects in English: it's raining, there's a problem, and why the subject slot is never empty
Emphasis in English: I do like it, my own, the very, and how to push back
For, since, already, yet and still in English: which word, and where it goes in the sentence
Future continuous and future perfect in English: will be doing vs will have done
Future in the past: was going to, would, was about to, and the grammar of plans that failed
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Irregular verbs in English: the full list by pattern
Linking words in English: however, although, even though, despite and therefore
Modal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Modals of deduction in English: must be, might be, could be and can't be
Nominalisation in English: arrive becomes arrival, decide becomes decision, and why written English turns actions into things
Participle clauses in English: -ing and -ed clauses, and the dangling participle trap
Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
Passive voice in English: rules, examples and when to use it
Past continuous tense: was and were plus -ing, and when to use it instead of the past simple
Past modals in English: should have, could have, must have and might have
Past perfect tense: had plus past participle, and when English actually needs it
Past simple tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Phrasal-prepositional verbs: look forward to, put up with and the other three-part verbs
Phrasal verbs: 100 examples with meanings
Phrasal verbs exercises: 80 questions with answers
Phrasal Verbs with Come: 13 Meanings You Actually Need
Phrasal Verbs with Get: 16 Meanings You Actually Need
Phrasal Verbs with Go: 14 Meanings You Actually Need
Phrasal Verbs with Look: 12 Meanings You Actually Need
Phrasal Verbs with Put: 13 Meanings You Actually Need
Phrasal Verbs with Take: 12 Meanings You Actually Need
Phrasal verbs in English: what they are, meanings, rules and examples
Prepositions in English: place, time and movement explained
Present continuous tense: form, spelling and uses
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Present perfect tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Present simple tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Quantifiers in English: some, any, much, many and more
Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns in English: myself, yourself, each other, and when English does not bother
Reported speech in English: backshift, questions and commands
Reporting verbs in English: admit, deny, suggest, promise, and the pattern welded to each one
Separable and inseparable phrasal verbs: the rules that matter
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
English tenses explained: all 12 with a master table
Used to, would and be used to: talking about past habits and states in English
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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