third

Meaning of third

noun
  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. The third gear of a gearbox.
    Now put it into third.
  4. An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
    They sing in thirds.
  5. Third base
    The play ended with Jones standing on third.
  6. A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
  7. A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
  8. 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.
verb
  1. To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.
  2. To divide into three equal parts.
adjective
  1. The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
    The third tree from the left is my favorite.

Information about third

  • The plural form of third is: thirds.
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Hyphenation of third

third

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • third is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

third synonyms

Meaning 3rd:

tertiary

Meaning one-third:

tierce

Meaning thirdly:

thirdly

Translation of third

Anagrams of third

thrid

Words that rhyme with third

Hird

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