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third

/θɚd/noun, adjective, adverb1 syllable

Third means: coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position.

Synonyms for third13

noun, as in one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

one-third, tierce

noun, as in 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)

third base

noun, as in the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle

third gear

noun, as in the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball

third base

adjective, as in coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position

3rd, tertiary, ordinal

adverb, as in in the third place

thirdly

also used for third

3d, IIIrd, III, ⅓, 1/3

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What does third mean?8

adjective

1

coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position

noun

1

one of three equal parts of a divisible whole“it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement”

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)“he is playing third”

3

the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle“you shouldn't try to start in third gear”

4

the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball“he was cut down on a close play at third”

5

following the second position in an ordering or series“a distant third”

6

the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it“a simple harmony written in major thirds”

adverb

1

in the third place“third we must consider unemployment”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with third?19

three syllables

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Third in a sentence

  • First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth... penultimate, last.unknown
  • The first two rooms were dark, in the third there was a light.carlosalberto
  • Two dogs fight for a bone, and the third runs away with it.mcq
  • After the third film, this franchise is terrible.Vanilla
  • Sami is my second husband, or was it my third?OsoHombre
  • How can two people get along, when the third is crooked?AmarMecheri
  • My third child was born four years after the first, on the same day.carlosalberto
  • It turned out that both variables were caused by an unknown, third one.megamanenm

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Forms of third

as a noun

plural
thirds