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English

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    Cardinal : three
    Ordinal : third
    Abbreviated ordinal: 3rd
    Latinate ordinal: tertiary
    Reverse order ordinal: third last , third to last , third from last , last but two
    Latinate reverse order ordinal: antepenultimate
    Adverbial : three times , thrice
    Multiplier : threefold
    Latinate multiplier: triple
    Distributive : triply
    Germanic collective: trio , threesome
    Collective of n parts: triplet
    Greek or Latinate collective: triad
    Greek collective prefix: tri-
    Latinate collective prefix: tri-
    Fractional : third
    Elemental: triplet
    Greek prefix: trito-
    Number of musicians: trio , triplet
    Number of years: triennium

Etymology

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PIE word
*tréyes

From Middle English thirde , thridde , from Old English þridda , from Proto-Germanic *þridjô , from Pre-Germanic *tretyós, a remodeling of Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós .

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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third (not comparable )

  1. The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
    The third tree from the left is my favorite.
    • 2012 October 8, Daniel W. Patterson, The True Image: Gravestone Art and the Culture of Scotch Irish Settlers in the Pennsylvania and Carolina Backcountry‎[1] , UNC Press Books, →ISBN, page 141:
      The second and third quarters of the shield are indecipherable on the stone but clearer in two other representations of the arms, a painted wooden funeral hatchment for Mary Davie[...]
    • 2024 July 1, Chandelis Duster, "Biden and Trump touted what they’ve done for HBCUs at CNN’s debate. Here’s what their records show", in CNN ‎[2] :
      "Congress took the lead on putting the HBCU funding in those bills and passing them. The third COVID-19 bill, passed under President Biden, included as much funding for HBCUs as both of the first two Covid-19 bills under President Trump," he said.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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the ordinal form of the cardinal number three — see also 3rd

Noun

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third (countable and uncountable , plural thirds )

  1. The person or thing in the third position.
    Jones came in third.
  2. One of three equal parts of a whole.
    Synonyms: one-third , 1⁄3 , 1/3
    He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds.
    • 2020 June 22, Rob Picheta, "Most Black British people think the Conservative Party is institutionally racist, CNN poll finds", in CNN ‎[3] :
      Around a third of both Black and White respondents said they believed the opposition Labour Party to be institutionally racist.
    • 2023 December 27, Philip Haigh, "All eyes are on the DfT as rolling stock concerns deepen", in RAIL, number 999, page 19:
      Despite these uncertainties, Clarke told MPs he was convinced of the need to order trains powered by batteries. He said: "We're calling for a 'no regrets' order of battery trains because we see them always having a future. We see them being fundable, financeable, similar cost to diesel trains, and we know that however much electrification we would aspire to do, there's always going to be at least a third of the network that isn't electrified.
  3. (uncountable ) Ellipsis of third gear (of a gearbox).
    Now put it into third.
  4. (music ) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
    They sing in thirds.
  5. (baseball ) third base
    The play ended with Jones standing on third.
  6. (golf ) A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
  7. A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
  8. (archaic ) One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system.
    Synonym: tierce
    • 1994, John David North, The Fontana History of Astronomy and Cosmology, page xxi:
      [...] thirds (sixtieths of seconds), fourths (sixtieths of thirds) and so on, but then it becomes very cumbersome.

Derived terms

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Translations

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person or thing in the third position
one of three equal parts of a whole
third gear — see third gear
interval
third base — see third base

Verb

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third (third-person singular simple present thirds , present participle thirding , simple past and past participle thirded )

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

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agree with a proposition
divide into three parts

See also

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Middle English

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Adjective

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third

  1. (Berkshire ) alternative form of thridde

Noun

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third

  1. alternative form of thridde

Scots

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    Cardinal : three
    Ordinal : third

Etymology

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From Middle English thirde , thridde , from Old English þridda , from Proto-Germanic *þridjô , from Pre-Germanic *tretyós, a remodeling of Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós .

Adjective

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third

  1. third

References

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