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The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.not-comparable
- The third tree from the left is my favorite.
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The person or thing in the third position.countableuncountable
- Jones came in third.
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One of three equal parts of a whole.countableuncountable
- He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds.
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Ellipsis of third gear (of a gearbox).abbreviationalt-ofellipsis
- Now put it into third.
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An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.countableuncountable
- They sing in thirds.
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third basecountableuncountable
- The play ended with Jones standing on third.
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A handicap of one stroke every third hole.countableuncountable
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A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programmecountableuncountable
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One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system.archaiccountableuncountable
- […] thirds (sixtieths of seconds), fourths (sixtieths of thirds) and so on, but then it becomes very cumbersome.
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To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.informal
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To divide into three equal parts.