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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:
Definition that contains third
- edward third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964)
- mizzenmast third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy
- mizzen third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy
- louis the pious third son of Charlemagne and king of France and Germany and Holy Roman Emperor (778-840)
- antepenultimate third from last
- junk mail third-class mail consisting of advertising and often addressed to `resident' or `occupant'
- frimaire third month of the Revolutionary calendar (November and December); the frosty month
- edward antony richard louis third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964)
- mizen third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy
- louis i third son of Charlemagne and king of France and Germany and Holy Roman Emperor (778-840)