Definition of third Third
/θɚˈd/ - [therd] - third
We found 23 definitions of third from 6 different sources.
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What does third mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: thirds |
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| third - the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it; "a simple harmony written in major thirds" | ||
| third - following the second position in an ordering or series; "a distant third"; "he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment" | ||
Adjectivethird, thirder, thirdest |
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| third - coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position | ||
| 3rd, tertiary | ||
Adverb |
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| third - in the third place; "third we must consider unemployment" | ||
| thirdly | ||
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Wiktionary 
- third (Noun)
The person or thing in the third position. - third (Noun)
One of three equal parts of a whole. - third (Noun)
The third gear of an engine. - third (Noun)
An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale. - third (Noun)
third base . - third (Noun)
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. - third (Verb)
To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded. - third (Verb)
To divide into three equal parts. - third (Adjective)
The ordinal ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- third (a.)
Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day. - third (a.)
Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day. - third (n.)
The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided. - third (n.)
The sixtieth part of a second of time. - third (n.)
The third tone of the scale; the mediant. - third (n.)
The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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third
The ordinal form of the cardinal number three. -
third
One of three equal parts of a whole.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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third
thėrd, adj. the last of three.—n. one of three equal parts: (golf) a handicap of a stroke every third hole.—ns. Third′-bor′ough (Shak.), an under-constable; Third′ing, the third part of anything.—adv. Third′ly, in the third place.—adj. Third′-rate, of the third order.—n. Thirds′man, a mediator.—Third estate, in England, the House of Commons; Third person in the Trinity, the Holy Spirit. [A.S. thridda—threó, three.]
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🔤- third, noun, singular of thirds.
- third, adjective, not comparable.
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