Phonetics:
Meanings:
noun
Definition: The person or thing in the third position.
Example: Jones came in third.
Definition: One of three equal parts of a whole.
Example: He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds.
Definition: The third gear of a gearbox.
Example: Now put it into third.
Definition: An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
Example: They sing in thirds.
Definition: Third base
Example: The play ended with Jones standing on third.
Definition: A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
Definition: A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
Definition: 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
Definition: To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.
Definition: To divide into three equal parts.
adjective
Definition: The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
Example: The third tree from the left is my favorite.