third.
The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
Meaning & usage
The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
The third tree from the left is my favorite.
Where this word comes from
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.
The person or thing in the third position.
Jones came in third.
One of three equal parts of a whole.
He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds.
Ellipsis of third gear (of a gearbox).
Now put it into third.
An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
They sing in thirds.
third base
The play ended with Jones standing on third.
A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system.
Where this word comes from
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.
To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.
To divide into three equal parts.
Where this word comes from
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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