26984 words

third

7 definitions • 9 examples
1
3rd written as a word:

Examples:

the third road on the right
the third time
the third (of) "What's the date today?" "It's the third (of July)."
be/come third She was/came third in the competition.
2
one of three equal parts of something:

Examples:

He cut the cake into thirds (= three equal parts).
3
an undergraduate degree from a university in the UK and some other countries that is below a second-class degree
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the distance between two musical notes that are three notes apart:

Examples:

The music uses descending scales, often in thirds or sixths.
The final bar is a chord on G with both major and minor thirds.
6
(a person or thing) coming immediately after the second and before all others:

Examples:

My horse finished third in the race.
[ C ] They were married on the third of November.
7
A third is one of three equal parts of something.

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