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English[edit]
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Cardinal: three Ordinal: third Adverbial: thrice Multiplier: triple, threefold |
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) enPR: thûd, IPA(key): /θɜːd/
- (US) enPR: thûrd, IPA(key): /θɝd/
Audio (US) (file) - (NYC) IPA(key): /tɜjd/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
Adjective[edit]
third (not comparable)
- The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
- The third tree from the left is my favorite.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
For abbreviations, please see 3rd
the ordinal form of the cardinal number three
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Noun[edit]
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 a gearbox.
- 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.
- (golf) A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
- A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
- (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.
Synonyms[edit]
- (gear): third gear
- (fractions): ⅓
Translations[edit]
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
third base — see third base
Verb[edit]
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.
Translations[edit]
agree with a proposition
divide into three parts
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