Prononciations (11)
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/θɜːd/
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- Australia
- Received-Pronunciation
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/θɚd/
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- US
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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
Adjectif
The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
Usage- not-comparable
- Exemples
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The third tree from the left is my favorite.
Plus d’exemples (2)
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.
Nom
The person or thing in the third position.
Usage- dénombrable
- indénombrable
- Exemples
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Jones came in third.
One of three equal parts of a whole.
Usage- dénombrable
- indénombrable
- Synonymes
- Exemples
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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.
Plus d’exemples (1)
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- dénombrable
- indénombrable
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They sing in thirds.
third base
Usage- dénombrable
- indénombrable
- Exemples
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The play ended with Jones standing on third.
A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
Usage- dénombrable
- indénombrable
A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
Usage- dénombrable
- indénombrable
One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system.
Usage- archaïque
- dénombrable
- indénombrable
- Synonymes
- Exemples
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[…] thirds (sixtieths of seconds), fourths (sixtieths of thirds) and so on, but then it becomes very cumbersome.
Verbe
To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.
Usage- informel
To divide into three equal parts.
Adjectif
coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
Nom
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
- Termes génériques
- Exemples
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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)
- Synonymes
- Termes génériques
- Exemples
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he is playing third
following the second position in an ordering or series
- Termes génériques
- Exemples
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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
- Termes génériques
- Exemples
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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
- Synonymes
- Termes génériques
- Exemples
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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
Adverbe
in the third place
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third we must consider unemployment