third
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
Old English þridda
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: thû(r)d, IPA: /θɜː(ɹ)d/, SAMPA: /T3:(r)d/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)d
- (US) enPR: thûrd, IPA: /θɝd/, SAMPA: /T3`d/
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Audio (US) (file) - (mid-20th-century New York City) IPA: /tɜjd/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)d
[edit] Ordinal number
third (not comparable)
- The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
- The third tree from the left is my favorite.
[edit] Abbreviations
[edit] Translations
the ordinal form of the cardinal number three
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[edit] Noun
third (countable and uncountable; plural thirds)
- The person or thing in the third position.
- Jones came in third.
- One of three equal parts of a whole.
- He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds.
- (uncountable) The third gear of an engine.
- Now put it into third.
- (music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
- They sing in thirds.
- (baseball) third base
- The play ended with Jones standing on third.
- (archaic) One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. Also formerly known as a tierce.
[edit] Synonyms
- (gear): third gear
- (fractions): ⅓
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
person or thing in the third position
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one of three equal parts of a whole
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third gear — see third gear
interval
[edit] Verb
third (third-person singular simple present thirds, present participle thirding, simple past and past participle thirded)
- To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.
- To divide into three equal parts.
[edit] Translations
agree with a proposition
