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Plural of three

regular plural

The plural of three is threes.

Forms of three

Singularthree /θɹɪj/
Pluralthrees
Countablecountable

Threes in a sentence

  • In our example, 1210 has 1 zero, 2 ones, 1 two and 0 threes.2008 March 2, Tanya Khovanova, “Autobiographical Numbers”, in arXiv, page 1
  • Put all the threes in a separate container.
  • I'll take the threes, fours and fives and go to the playground.From the entry four
  • John already had two pair, aces and threes; he had a made hand.From the entry made hand
  • Since Leon had no meld in our last canasta hand, he went set his red threes.From the entry go set

Meaning of three

  1. numeral A numerical value equal to 3; the number following two and preceding four.
  2. numeral Describing a set or group with three elements.
  3. noun The digit/figure 3.

Full definition of three

Questions about the plural of three

What is the plural of three?
The plural of three is threes.
Is three countable?
Three is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: three (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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