English
third
Etymology

From Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô, from Pre-Germanic *tretyós, a remodeling of Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós.

Pronunciation
  • (British) enPR: thûd, IPA: /θɜːd/
  • (America) enPR: thûrd, IPA: /θɝd/
  • (IE) IPA: /tʰʊːɹd/
  • (New York City) IPA: /t̪ɔɪd/
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.
Synonyms Translations Noun

third

  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.
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third (thirds, present participle thirding; simple past and past participle thirded)

  1. (informal) To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.
  2. To divide into three equal parts.
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