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n. (quantity) | 1. one-third, third, tierce | one of three equal parts of a divisible whole.; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement" |
| ~ common fraction, simple fraction | the quotient of two integers. |
n. (act) | 2. third, third base | 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" |
| ~ position | (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player.; "what position does he play?" |
| ~ baseball team | a team that plays baseball. |
n. (linkdef) | 3. third | 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" |
| ~ rank | relative status.; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority" |
n. (communication) | 4. third | the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it.; "a simple harmony written in major thirds" |
| ~ musical interval, interval | the difference in pitch between two notes. |
n. (artifact) | 5. third, third gear | 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" |
| ~ auto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine | a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine.; "he needs a car to get to work" |
| ~ gear mechanism, gear | a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle). |
n. (artifact) | 6. third, third base | the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball.; "he was cut down on a close play at third" |
| ~ bag, base | a place that the runner must touch before scoring.; "he scrambled to get back to the bag" |
adj. | 7. 3rd, tertiary, third | coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position. |
| ~ ordinal | being or denoting a numerical order in a series.; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh" |
adv. | 8. third, thirdly | in the third place.; "third we must consider unemployment" |
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