third — Từ điển tiếng Anh

Tính từ

1. The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.

   Cách dùng

   • not-comparable

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   3rd3dIIIrdIIItertiary

   Ví dụ

   The third tree from the left is my favorite.

   Thêm ví dụ (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.

Danh từ

1. The person or thing in the third position.

   Cách dùng

   • đếm được
   • không đếm được

   Ví dụ

   Jones came in third.

2. One of three equal parts of a whole.

   Cách dùng

   • đếm được
   • không đếm được

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   one-third

   Ví dụ

   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.

3. An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.

   Cách dùng

   • đếm được
   • không đếm được

   Ví dụ

   They sing in thirds.

4. third base

   Cách dùng

   • đếm được
   • không đếm được

   Ví dụ

   The play ended with Jones standing on third.

5. A handicap of one stroke every third hole.

   Cách dùng

   • đếm được
   • không đếm được

6. A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme

   Cách dùng

   • đếm được
   • không đếm được

7. One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system.

   Cách dùng

   • cổ ngữ
   • đếm được
   • không đếm được

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   tierce

   Ví dụ

   […] thirds (sixtieths of seconds), fourths (sixtieths of thirds) and so on, but then it becomes very cumbersome.

Động từ

1. To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.

   Cách dùng

   • không trang trọng

2. To divide into three equal parts.

Tính từ

1. coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   3rdtertiary

Danh từ

1. one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   one-thirdtierce

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   common fractionsimple fraction

   Ví dụ

   it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement

2. 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)

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   third base

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   position

   Ví dụ

   he is playing third

3. following the second position in an ordering or series

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   rank

   Ví dụ

   a distant third

   he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment

4. the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   intervalmusical interval

   Ví dụ

   a simple harmony written in major thirds

5. the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   third gear

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   geargear mechanism

   Ví dụ

   you shouldn't try to start in third gear

6. the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   third base

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   basebag

   Ví dụ

   he was cut down on a close play at third

Trạng từ

1. in the third place

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   thirdly

   Ví dụ

   third we must consider unemployment