thirds

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3rd written as a word:

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.

one of three equal parts of something:

He cut the cake into thirds (= three equal parts).

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:

The music uses descending scales, often in thirds or sixths.

The final bar is a chord on G with both major and minor thirds.

(a person or thing) coming immediately after the second and before all others:

My horse finished third in the race.

[ C ] They were married on the third of November.

A third is one of three equal parts of something.