third

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Ordinal number 1.3.1 Abbreviations 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.6 Related terms 1.7 See also

[edit] English

English ordinal numbers

<  2nd	3rd	4th   >
Ordinal : third     Cardinal : three

[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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• (Mid-20th-century New York City) IPA: /tɜjd/

  Rhymes: -ɜː(r)d

[edit] Ordinal number

third (not comparable)

1. The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.

   The third tree from the left is my favorite.

[edit] Abbreviations

3rd, 3^rd, 3d; (in names of monarchs and popes) III

[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

third (countable and uncountable; plural thirds)

1. The person or thing in the third position.

   Jones came in third.

2. One of three equal parts of a whole.

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

3. (uncountable) The third gear of an engine.

   Now put it into third.

4. (music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.

   They sing in thirds.

5. (baseball) third base

   The play ended with Jones standing on third.

[edit] Synonyms

• (gear): third gear

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to third (third-person singular simple present thirds, present participle thirding, simple past and past participle thirded)

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

[edit] Related terms

• major third
• minor third
• third gear

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[edit] See also

• interval