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third Definition

• (n) one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"
• (n) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near 3rd base; "he is playing third"
• (n) 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"
• (n) the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it; "a simple harmony written in major thirds"
• (n) 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"
• (n) the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball; "he was cut down on a close play at third"
• (r) in the third place; "third we must consider unemployment"
• (s) coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position

third Synonyms

• 3rd
• one-third
• tertiary
• third
• third base
• third gear
• thirdly
• tierce