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Three vs Tee - What's the difference?

three | tee |

As nouns the difference between three and tee

is that three is the digit/figure 3 while tee is .

As a numeral three

is (cardinal) a numerical value after two and before four represented in arabic digits as ; this many dots (•••).

three

English

(wikipedia three)

Alternative forms

* (all obsolete)

Numeral

(head)
  • (cardinal) A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as ; This many dots (•••).
  • *
    • Venters began to count them—one—two—three —four—on up to sixteen.
  • (of a set or group) Having three elements.

    • Related terms

    * third, thrice, triple

    Synonyms

    * (numerical value) leash, tether (dialectal)

    See also

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The digit/figure 3.
  • Anything measuring three units, as length.
    • Put all the threes in a separate container.
  • A person who is three years old.
    • All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.
  • The playing card featuring three pips.

    • Derived terms

    * threefold * threepence * threesome * thruppence * three-up

    See also

    * (Symbols of number three in various numeral systems) * * : 3 * * : ?, ? * : * * * * * * * * * * * * : * : III * * * *

    Statistics

    *

    Anagrams

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    tee

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something shaped like the letter (T). Found in compounds such as tee-shirt, tee-beam, tee-frame, tee-iron, tee-headed.
    • angles and tees
  • T-shirt
    • See also
    *
    Derived terms
    * teevee

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) teen, from (etyl) .

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To draw; lead.
  • (obsolete) To draw away; go; proceed.
    • Derived terms
    * betee * fortee
    Related terms
    * tow * tug * wanton

    Etymology 3

    First attested in the 17th century with the form teaz.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (golf) A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.
  • (golf, baseball) A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is hit.
  • (curling) The target area of a curling rink
  • The mark at which players aim in quoits.
    • Derived terms
    * tee ball * tee off * tee on * tee up

    Verb

    (d)
  • (golf) To place a ball on a tee
  • * {{quote-book, 1909, Walter J. Travis, Practical Golf citation
    • , passage=If at any hole a competitor play his first stroke from outside the limits of the teeing-ground, he shall count that stroke, tee a ball, and play his second stroke from within these limits.}}
    Synonyms
    * tee up

    Anagrams

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