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third

Pronunciation: /θɜːd/

The English word “third” has 10 meanings listed here.

adjective

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

noun

  1. The person or thing in the third position.
  2. One of three equal parts of a whole.
  3. An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
  4. third base
  5. A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
  6. A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
  7. One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system.

verb

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

Etymology

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.

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