What is another word for threes?

Pronunciation: [θɹˈiːz] (IPA)

Threes, the number that represents a group of three objects or individuals, has several synonyms in the English language. Triple, trio, triad, triumvirate, and triplet all refer to or represent threes in different contexts. Triple is the most frequently used word, especially when referring to three identical or similar objects, such as a triple scoop of ice cream. Trio is commonly used in the context of a musical group comprising three performers or an athletic team with three members. Triad is often used to describe a group of three things, whereas triumvirate signifies three powerful leaders or individuals. Finally, triplet is used to refer to three offspring born at the same time from the same mother.

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    • Noun, plural
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Usage examples for Threes

And there the splendid animals were still in view-bounding up a stony hillside some distance off, in straggling twos and threes, and going at a prodigious speed.
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black
The spot where the light appeared was a flat space surrounded on the sides away from the river by banks formed by low hills; and into this space and the circle of light, from the surrounding sides apparently, I saw come in twos and threes a great crowd of little beings smaller than Tom Thumb and his wife.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz
Practically all French fiction and drama deal with this "life in threes," and the complications and tragedies which result from it.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair

Famous quotes with Threes

  • Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes.
    Gilbert K. Chesterton
  • Pair up in threes.
    Joe DiMaggio
  • Nearly everything in life goes in threes and fours.
    Ninette de Valois
  • Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by twos and threes, by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers and sisters, aunts and cousins, but only one mother in the whole world.
    Kate D. Wiggins
  • Fair stands the ancient Rectory, The Rectory of Croft, The sun shines bright upon it, The breezes whisper soft. From all the house and garden Its inhabitants come forth, And muster in the road without, And pace in twos and threes about, The children of the North.
    Lewis Carroll

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