Third can be categorized as a noun, an adjective and an adverb.
Adjective |
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| third - coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position | ||
Adverb |
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| third - in the third place; "third we must consider unemployment" | ||
Verb |
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| third - To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded. | ||
| third - To divide into three equal parts. | ||
Noun |
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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" |
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| 1. | noun | A distant third. | |
| 2. | noun | He answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment. | |
| 3. | noun | An analysis of 65 bird species in the United Kingdom shows about one-third are laying their eggs four to seven days earlier than they did 25 years ago. | |
| 4. | noun | One third of the earth's surface is desert. | |
| 5. | noun | One third of the population of that country cannot read. | |
| 6. | noun | One third of the friends I grew up with are dead. | |
| 7. | noun | One third of nine is three. | |
| 8. | noun | One third of children who die before the age of 5 die from malnutrition. | |
| 9. | noun | We've only done a third of what has to be done. | |
| 10. | noun | Tom and Mary tied for third. | |
| 11. | noun | A major third has four half steps. | |
| 12. | noun | A major third has four semitones. | |
| 13. | noun | Tom remarried his first wife after he divorced his third. | |
| 14. | noun | Sami is my second husband, or was it my third? | |
| 15. | noun | He disappeared upon the third of December, 1878—nearly ten years ago. | |
| 16. | adv. | Third we must consider unemployment. | |
| 17. | adv. | Third ranking CIA officer, Briggs signed a declaration on February 3rd, 1983, that on November 8th, 1982, he had authorized a search of CIA records "for any material that in any way pertains to Edwin P. Wilson, or the various allegations concerning his activities after February 28th, 1971, when he retired from the CIA." | |
| 18. | adv. | Third, with the "new age" Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. in charge of the investigation, it is not likely we could do better in striking the appropriate balance between due process and national security. | |
| 19. | adj. | The third was being run by the head of an investment firm. | |
| 20. | adj. | This writer has for years regarded the best solution to the Kashmir problem as being the trifurcation of the Indian part of the state into a Hindu-majority Jammu, a Buddhist-dominated Ladakh and the overwhelmingly Muslim Kashmir Valley, with the third state given little of taxpayers' money but substantial autonomy. | |
| 21. | adj. | I had another conversation some months ago with a retired Ba'athist old-timer who claimed that Ba'athists have the means to stage a third coup d'etat and return to power within 10 hours of an American withdrawal. | |
| 22. | adj. | Sheriff's deputies in Louisiana made a third arrest Wednesday in the ongoing investigation of a case involving allegations of sexual abuse of children and animals at a Ponchatoula, La., church. | |
| 23. | adj. | *3. The third aspect is money.* | |
| 24. | adj. | Finally, we find the third circle of so-called religious, educational and welfare organizations, which actually do some good, feed the hungry and provide some schooling, but brainwash a new generation with hatred, lies and ignorance. | |
| 25. | adj. | I caught the third day of Corey's Jeopardy run last night here at the office (yes, I had to come back after the play...I love my job!). | |
| 26. | adj. | Inspection of certain of the above inventory balances, by third party inspectors, where there is an expectation that circularisation replies will not be received on a timely basis. | |
| 27. | adj. | The meeting is being held in conjunction with the third meeting of our DISCO of the Future Forum. | |
| 28. | adj. | I do not feel secure at all to see my SS in so many databases at Enron, especially when some databases are from third-parties (out-sourcing). | |
| 29. | adj. | Obviously the foreign offices have issues that may not apply in the US (although LA. is about as close as you can get to a third world country). | |
| 30. | adj. | They are currently in third place, and need your help so that the prize money can be used for a humanatarian cause. | |
| 31. | adj. | In the third week I had more than $10,000.00 and it's still growing!! | |
| 32. | adj. | A third report, "The Impacts of Climate Change: An Appraisal for the Future," completed by the Britain-based International Policy Network and released almost simultaneously with the other two, falls somewhat into that category. | |
| 33. | adj. | Didn't hurt any that they knew my name by my second visit and greeted me warmly then and on my third visit. |
| Sentence | |
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| noun | |
| A distant third. |
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| He answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment. |
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| An analysis of 65 bird species in the United Kingdom shows about one-third are laying their eggs four to seven days earlier than they did 25 years ago. |
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| One third of the earth's surface is desert. | |
| One third of the population of that country cannot read. | |
| One third of the friends I grew up with are dead. | |
| One third of nine is three. | |
| One third of children who die before the age of 5 die from malnutrition. | |
| We've only done a third of what has to be done. | |
| Tom and Mary tied for third. | |
| A major third has four half steps. | |
| A major third has four semitones. | |
| Tom remarried his first wife after he divorced his third. | |
| Sami is my second husband, or was it my third? | |
| He disappeared upon the third of December, 1878—nearly ten years ago. | |
| adv. | |
| Third we must consider unemployment. |
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| Third ranking CIA officer, Briggs signed a declaration on February 3rd, 1983, that on November 8th, 1982, he had authorized a search of CIA records "for any material that in any way pertains to Edwin P. Wilson, or the various allegations concerning his activities after February 28th, 1971, when he retired from the CIA." |
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| Third, with the "new age" Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. in charge of the investigation, it is not likely we could do better in striking the appropriate balance between due process and national security. |
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| adj. | |
| The third was being run by the head of an investment firm. |
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| This writer has for years regarded the best solution to the Kashmir problem as being the trifurcation of the Indian part of the state into a Hindu-majority Jammu, a Buddhist-dominated Ladakh and the overwhelmingly Muslim Kashmir Valley, with the third state given little of taxpayers' money but substantial autonomy. |
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| I had another conversation some months ago with a retired Ba'athist old-timer who claimed that Ba'athists have the means to stage a third coup d'etat and return to power within 10 hours of an American withdrawal. |
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| Sheriff's deputies in Louisiana made a third arrest Wednesday in the ongoing investigation of a case involving allegations of sexual abuse of children and animals at a Ponchatoula, La., church. |
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| *3. The third aspect is money.* |
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| Finally, we find the third circle of so-called religious, educational and welfare organizations, which actually do some good, feed the hungry and provide some schooling, but brainwash a new generation with hatred, lies and ignorance. |
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| I caught the third day of Corey's Jeopardy run last night here at the office (yes, I had to come back after the play...I love my job!). |
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| Inspection of certain of the above inventory balances, by third party inspectors, where there is an expectation that circularisation replies will not be received on a timely basis. |
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| The meeting is being held in conjunction with the third meeting of our DISCO of the Future Forum. |
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| I do not feel secure at all to see my SS in so many databases at Enron, especially when some databases are from third-parties (out-sourcing). |
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| Obviously the foreign offices have issues that may not apply in the US (although LA. is about as close as you can get to a third world country). |
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| They are currently in third place, and need your help so that the prize money can be used for a humanatarian cause. |
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| In the third week I had more than $10,000.00 and it's still growing!! |
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| A third report, "The Impacts of Climate Change: An Appraisal for the Future," completed by the Britain-based International Policy Network and released almost simultaneously with the other two, falls somewhat into that category. |
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| Didn't hurt any that they knew my name by my second visit and greeted me warmly then and on my third visit. |
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