Meaning of third in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Adverb
    1. Definitions
  4. Noun
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /θərd/

    US accent Play button

    UK accent Play button

  1. Classifying Adjective

    third

    Definitions

    1. coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position

    Synonyms

  2. Adverb

    third

    Definitions

    1. in the third place

    Examples

    • « third we must consider unemployment »

  3. Noun

    third

    Definitions

    1. one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

    Examples

    • « it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement »
  4. 2. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near 3rd base

    Examples

    • « he is playing third »
  5. 3. following the second position in an ordering or series

    Examples

    • « a distant third »
    • « he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment »
  6. 4. the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it

    Examples

    • « a simple harmony written in major thirds »
  7. 5. the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle

    Examples

    • « you shouldn't try to start in third gear »
  8. 6. the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball

    Examples

    • « he was cut down on a close play at third »

Famous quotes

  • « About the twenty-third year of my age, I had many fresh and heavenly openings, in respect to the care and providence of the Almighty over his creatures in general, and over man as the most noble amongst those which are visible. »
    John Woolman
  • « And I have lived since - as you have - in a period of cold war, during which we have ensured by our achievements in the science and technology of destruction that a third act in this tragedy of war will result in the peace of extinction. »
    Lester B. Pearson
  • « In five years' time I'd like to be a mum. I want to settle down and have a family, definitely sooner rather than later. I'd like to have finished my second album too, maybe even my third. I'd like a sound that sticks around that other people are inspired by and that people know is me. »
    Adele
  • « I had too much respect for the game to leave it behind or to make it my second or third sport in college. »
    Ryne Sandberg
  • « I've looked after my money. As I started working around my third birthday, my first check went straight to the bank. »
    Samantha Barks

Browse dictionary