third

About 136.11 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

   The third tree from the left is my favorite.

2. noun The person or thing in the third position.

   Jones came in third.

3. noun One of three equal parts of a whole.

   He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds.

4. noun Ellipsis of third gear (of a gearbox).

   Now put it into third.

5. noun An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.

   They sing in thirds.

6. noun third base

   The play ended with Jones standing on third.

7. noun A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
8. noun A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme

Similar words

ordinal tierce one-third fractional tertiary third gear third base three fourth fifth

Often followed by

of world and party person edition day time parties

Word family

3rd thirdly thirds