THIRD
\θˈɜːd], \θˈɜːd], \θ_ˈɜː_d]\
Definitions of THIRD
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near 3rd base; "he is playing third"
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the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle; "you shouldn't try to start in third gear"
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following the second position in an ordering or series; "a distant third"; "he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment"
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being one of three equal parts; "a third share of the money"
By Princeton University
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the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near 3rd base; "he is playing third"
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the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle; "you shouldn't try to start in third gear"
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following the second position in an ordering or series; "a distant third"; "he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment"
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being one of three equal parts; "a third share of the money"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.
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The sixtieth part of a second of time.
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The third tone of the scale; the mediant.
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The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.
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Next after the second; coming after two others; - the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.
By Oddity Software
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The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.
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The sixtieth part of a second of time.
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The third tone of the scale; the mediant.
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The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.
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Next after the second; coming after two others; - the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.
By Noah Webster.
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The next after the second; the ordinal of three; denoting one of three equal parts.
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One of three equal parts; a third part of anything; in music, an interval of three diatonic steps.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The first after the second; the ordinal of three.
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The third part of anything: the sixtieth part of a second of time; an interval containing three diatonic sounds and two degrees or intervals.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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