third

English
English numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: three
    Ordinal: third
    Adverbial: thrice
    Multiplier: triple, threefold
    Distributive: triply

Etymology

From Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) enPR: thûd, IPA(key): /θɜːd/
  • (US) enPR: thûrd, IPA(key): /θɝd/
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  • (NYC) IPA(key): /tɜjd/
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  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d

Adjective

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.

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Translations
the ordinal form of the cardinal number three — See also translations at 3rd

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 a gearbox.
    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.
  6. (golf) A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
  7. A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
  8. (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

Translations
third gear — see third gear
third base — see third base

Verb

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 equal parts.

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