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Defenition of the word third

    • Defenition of the word third

      • The ordinal form of the cardinal number three.
      • One of three equal parts of a whole.
      • one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"
      • being one of three equal parts; "a third share of the money"
      • the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it; "a simple harmony written in major thirds"
      • 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"
      • coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
      • in the third place; "third we must consider unemployment"
      • the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near 3rd base; "he is playing third"
      • the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball; "he was cut down in a close play at third"
      • the third from the lowest forward ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; "you shouldn't try to start in third gear"
      • the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball; "he was cut down on a close play at third"
      • the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle; "you shouldn''t try to start in third gear"
      • 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"
      • 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)
      • the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
      • the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle
      • the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
      • one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
      • following the second position in an ordering or series
      • in the third place

    Synonyms for the word third

      • 3rd
      • one-third
      • tertiary
      • third base
      • third gear
      • thirdly
      • tierce

    Similar words in the third

      • fractional
      • ordinal

    Meronymys for the word third

      • auto
      • automobile
      • baseball team
      • car
      • machine
      • motorcar

    Hypernyms for the word third

      • bag
      • base
      • common fraction
      • gear
      • gear mechanism
      • interval
      • musical interval
      • position
      • rank
      • simple fraction

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