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adjectivecoming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
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"he is playing third"nounthe 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)
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"it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"nounone of three equal parts of a divisible wholetype of:
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"you shouldn't try to start in third gear"nounthe third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle
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"third we must consider unemployment"adverbin the third place
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"he was cut down on a close play at third"nounthe base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
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"a distant third" "he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment"nounfollowing the second position in an ordering or seriestype of:
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"a simple harmony written in major thirds"nounthe musical interval between one note and another three notes away from ittype of:
Examples of third
- "he is playing third"
- "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"
- "you shouldn't try to start in third gear"
- "third we must consider unemployment"
- "he was cut down on a close play at third"
- "a distant third"
- "he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment"
- "a simple harmony written in major thirds"