Third

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Definitions:

Noun

one-third third tierce

Definition: one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"

third base third

Definition: the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate); "he is playing third"

third

Definition: following the second position in an ordering or series; "a distant third"; "he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment"

third

Definition: the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it; "a simple harmony written in major thirds"

third gear third

Definition: the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle; "you shouldn't try to start in third gear"

third base third

Definition: the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball; "he was cut down on a close play at third"

Definition: The person or thing in the third position.

Verb

Definition: To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.

Adjective

third 3rd tertiary

Definition: coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position

Definition: The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.

Adverb

third thirdly

Definition: in the third place; "third we must consider unemployment"