Sekirov Dictionary

third

UK /θɜːd/US /θɚd/

noun8

  1. the person or thing that comes after the second and before the fourth
  2. One of three equal parts of a whole.
  3. Ellipsis of third gear (of a gearbox).
  4. third base
  5. An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
  6. A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
  7. A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
  8. (no longer used) One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system.

verb2

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

adjective1

  1. The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
forms

thirded · thirding · thirds

Phrases with third

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