trilogy
Other forms: trilogies
If you’ve just started a trilogy of books, you’ll be reading for a while. A trilogy is something that has three parts, so you'll have three books to read.
You can see the tri-, meaning "three," in trilogy. The word originates from the Greek word trilogia, meaning "series of three related tragedies performed at Athens at the festival of Dionysus." Today, you can use trilogy to describe three of anything, such as a trilogy of movies that has the same characters, settings, and themes.
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a set of three literary or dramatic works related in subject or theme
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Vocabulary lists containing trilogy
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Here is a list of words taken from Manohla Dargis's New York Times review of the film "The Hunger Games."