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What (who) is Third - definition
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third
n.
Third part.
Third
·noun The sixtieth part of a second of time.
II. Third ·noun The third tone of the scale; the mediant.
III. Third ·noun The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.
IV. Third ·adj Next after the second; coming after two others;
- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.
V. Third ·adj Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.
VI. Third ·noun The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.
third
(thirds)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
The third item in a series is the one that you count as number three.
I sleep on the third floor...
It was the third time one of his cars had gone up in flames...
ORD
2.
A third is one of three equal parts of something.
A third of the cost went into technology and services...
FRACTION
3.
You say third when you want to make a third point or give a third reason for something.
First, interest rates may take longer to fall than is hoped. Second, in real terms, lending may fall. Third, bad loans could wipe out much of any improvement.
= thirdly
ADV: ADV with cl (not last in cl)
4.
A third is the lowest honours degree that can be obtained from a British university.
N-COUNT: usu sing
Examples of use of Third
1. So a judge created the 7th as one–third Democratic, one–third Republican and one–third independent.
2. Business wants the Treasury to contribute about a third of costs – '4;Ł10.3bn at 2002 prices – with a third from the private sector and another third fares–funded.
3. Of the 1,008, a third were supermarkets, a third pubs and clubs and other third categories including restaurants, off–licences, hotels and private clubs.
4. And the poorest third all benefit proportionately more than the richest third.
5. VASQUEZ, Justin L., 26, Staff Sgt., Army; Manzanola, Colo.; Third Squadron, Third Armored Cavalry.