ALL meanings of third
third
T t - adjective third next after the second; being the ordinal number for three. 1
- adjective third being one of three equal parts. 1
- adjective third Automotive. of, relating to, or operating at the gear transmission ratio at which the drive shaft speed is greater than that of second gear for a given engine crankshaft speed, but not as great as that of fourth gear, if such exists: third gear. 1
- adjective third rated, graded, or ranked one level below the second: He's third engineer on the ship. 1
- noun third a third part, especially of one (1/3). 1
- noun third the third member of a series. 1
- noun third Automotive. third gear: Don't try to start a car when it's in third. 1
- noun third a person or thing next after second in rank, precedence, order: The writer of the best essay will receive a gold medal, the second a silver, and the third a bronze. 1
- noun third Usually, thirds. Law. the third part of the personal property of a deceased husband, which in certain circumstances goes absolutely to the widow. a widow's dower. 1
- noun third Music. a tone on the third degree from a given tone (counted as the first). the interval between such tones. the harmonic combination of such tones. 1
- noun third Baseball. third base. 1
- noun third Usually, thirds. Commerce. a product or goods below second quality. Compare first (def 17), second1 (def 23). 1
- adverb third in the third place; thirdly. 1
- adjective third ordinal number: 3rd 1
- adjective third item, person: 3rd in series, list 1
- adjective third in 3rd position, place 1
- noun third 3rd day of the month 1
- noun third fraction: 3rd part 1
- adverb third in third position, place 1
- noun third musical interval 1
- noun third 3rd automobile gear 1
- noun third 3rd monarch with specified name 1
- adjective third rated, graded, or ranked below the second level 0
- adjective third denoting the third from lowest forward ratio of a gearbox in a motor vehicle 0
- noun third one of three equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, etc 0
- noun third (as modifier) 0
- noun third the fraction equal to one divided by three (1⁄3) 0
- noun third the forward ratio above second of a gearbox in a motor vehicle. In some vehicles it is the top gear 0
- noun third the interval between one note and another three notes away from it counting inclusively along the diatonic scale 0
- noun third one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other 0
- noun third an honours degree of the third and usually the lowest class 0
- noun third goods of a standard lower than that of seconds 0
- adverb third in the third place 0
- sentence connector third as the third point: linking what follows with the previous statements as in a speech or argument 0
- adjective third preceded by two others in a series; 3d or 3rd 0
- adjective third next below the second in rank, power, value, merit, excellence, etc. 0
- adjective third designating any of the three equal parts of something 0
- adverb third in the third place, rank, group, etc. 0
- noun third the one following the second 0
- noun third any person, thing, class, place, etc. that is third 0
- noun third any of the three equal parts of something; 1⁄3 0
- noun third the third forward gear of a transmission: it provides more speed but less torque than second 0
- noun third third base 0
- noun third the third tone of an ascending diatonic scale, or a tone two degrees above or below any given tone in such a scale; mediant 0
- noun third the interval between two such tones, or a combination of them 0
- ordinal number third The third item in a series is the one that you count as number three. 0
- fraction third A third is one of three equal parts of something. 0
- adverb third You say third when you want to make a third point or give a third reason for something. 0
- countable noun third A third is the lowest honours degree that can be obtained from a British university. 0
- adjective third coming after the second and preceding the fourth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of three: often written 3rd 0