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Definition of 'third'English
Adjective
( -)
The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
- The third tree from the left is my favorite.
Synonyms
* ; III
Noun
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.
Synonyms
* (gear) third gear
* (fractions)
Derived terms
* thirdness
Verb
( en-verb)
To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been .
To divide into three equal parts.
Related terms
* major third
* minor third
* third gear
* third person
(Third person)
See also
* interval
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