Thirty vs Three - What's the difference?
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The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as .
(slang) A rack of thirty beers.
English cardinal numbers
(cardinal) A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as ; This many dots (•••).
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(of a set or group) Having three elements.
The digit/figure 3.
Anything measuring three units, as length.
A person who is three years old.
The playing card featuring three pips.
As numerals the difference between thirty and three
is that thirty is the cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in arabic numerals as while three is (cardinal) a numerical value after two and before four represented in arabic digits as ; this many dots (•••).As nouns the difference between thirty and three
is that thirty is (slang) a rack of thirty beers while three is the digit/figure 3.thirty
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Alternative forms
*Numeral
(head)Derived terms
* thirtysomething * one thirtyNoun
(thirties)References
three
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(wikipedia three)Alternative forms
* (all obsolete)Numeral
(head)- Venters began to count them—one—two—three —four—on up to sixteen.
Synonyms
* (numerical value) leash, tether (dialectal)See also
*Noun
(en noun)- Put all the threes in a separate container.
- All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.