Pronunciations (11)
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/θɜːd/
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- Australia
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/θɚd/
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/θɪɹd/
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- Scotland
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/θøːd/
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- New-Zealand
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/θeːd/
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/θɛːd/
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/fɜːd/
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/tʊːɹd/
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- Ireland
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/t̪ɔɪd/
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- New-York-City
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θɜːd
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- GB
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θɝd
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- US
Adjective
The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
Usage- not-comparable
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The third tree from the left is my favorite.
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The second and third quarters of the shield are indecipherable on the stone but clearer in two other representations of the arms, a painted wooden funeral hatchment for Mary Davie[…]
“Congress took the lead on putting the HBCU funding in those bills and passing them. The third COVID-19 bill, passed under President Biden, included as much funding for HBCUs as both of the first two Covid-19 bills under President Trump,” he said.
Noun
The person or thing in the third position.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
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Jones came in third.
One of three equal parts of a whole.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
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He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds.
Around a third of both Black and White respondents said they believed the opposition Labour Party to be institutionally racist.
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Despite these uncertainties, Clarke told MPs he was convinced of the need to order trains powered by batteries. He said: "We're calling for a 'no regrets' order of battery trains because we see them always having a future. We see them being fundable, financeable, similar cost to diesel trains, and we know that however much electrification we would aspire to do, there's always going to be at least a third of the network that isn't electrified.
An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
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They sing in thirds.
third base
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- Uncountable
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The play ended with Jones standing on third.
A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
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- Uncountable
A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system.
Usage- Archaic
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- Uncountable
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[…] thirds (sixtieths of seconds), fourths (sixtieths of thirds) and so on, but then it becomes very cumbersome.
Verb
To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.
Usage- Informal
To divide into three equal parts.
Adjective
coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
Noun
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
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it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement
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)
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he is playing third
following the second position in an ordering or series
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a distant third
he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment
the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
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a simple harmony written in major thirds
the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle
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you shouldn't try to start in third gear
the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
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he was cut down on a close play at third
Adverb
in the third place
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third we must consider unemployment