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Third

//θɜːd// adj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second. not-comparable

    "The third tree from the left is my favorite."

Adjective
  1. 1
    coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    in the third place wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The person or thing in the third position. countable, uncountable

    "Jones came in third."

  2. 2
    the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate) wordnet
  3. 3
    One of three equal parts of a whole. countable, uncountable

    "He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds."

  4. 4
    the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball wordnet
  5. 5
    Ellipsis of third gear (of a gearbox). abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable

    "Now put it into third."

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  1. 6
    the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle wordnet
  2. 7
    An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale. countable, uncountable

    "They sing in thirds."

  3. 8
    the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it wordnet
  4. 9
    third base countable, uncountable

    "The play ended with Jones standing on third."

  5. 10
    one of three equal parts of a divisible whole wordnet
  6. 11
    A handicap of one stroke every third hole. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    following the second position in an ordering or series wordnet
  8. 13
    A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "[…] thirds (sixtieths of seconds), fourths (sixtieths of thirds) and so on, but then it becomes very cumbersome."

Verb
  1. 1
    To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded. informal
  2. 2
    To divide into three equal parts.

Etymology

Etymology 1

PIE word *tréyes From Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô, from Pre-Germanic *tretyós, a remodeling of Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós.

Etymology 2

PIE word *tréyes From Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô, from Pre-Germanic *tretyós, a remodeling of Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós.

Etymology 3

PIE word *tréyes From Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô, from Pre-Germanic *tretyós, a remodeling of Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós.

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