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Meaning of 'third' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Third [ a.]
- Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.
- Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.
2 . Third [ n.]
- The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.
- The sixtieth part of a second of time.
- The third tone of the scale; the mediant.
- The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.

Meaning of 'third' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . third [ n]
Meaning (1):
- following the second position in an ordering or series
Example in sentence:
  • a distant third;
  • he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment
Meaning (2):
- the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
Example in sentence:
  • a simple harmony written in major thirds
Meaning (3):
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
Example in sentence:
  • he is playing third
Meaning (4):
- the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
Example in sentence:
  • he was cut down on a close play at third
Meaning (5):
- one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
Example in sentence:
  • it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement
Meaning (6):
- the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle
Example in sentence:
  • you shouldn't try to start in third gear
7 . third [ r]
Meaning (7):
- in the third place
Example in sentence:
  • third we must consider unemployment

Nearby Words:

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