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third

UK/θɪɹd/ US/θɜːd/ very common informal
adjective (2) noun (6) adverb (1)

adjective

1.
2.

being one of three equal parts

  • “a third share of the money”
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noun

1.

one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

  • “it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement”
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2.

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)

  • “he is playing third”
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3.

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”
4.

the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it

  • “a simple harmony written in major thirds”
5.

the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle

  • “you shouldn”
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6.

the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball

  • “he was cut down on a close play at third”
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adverb

1.

in the third place

  • “third we must consider unemployment”
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Origin

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

Phrases

  • augmented third
  • centre third
  • diminished third
  • goal third
  • lower third
  • major third
  • minor third
  • neutral third
  • one third
  • Picardy third
  • third gear
  • third person

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