third
The person or thing in the third positionThe person or thing in the third position.
» Tom is in the third grade.
Том у третьому класі.
Meaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)The person or thing in the third position.
Jones came in third.
Dritter, Dritte
тре́тийtrétij
(countable, uncountable)One of three equal parts of a whole.
He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds.
Drittel, Drittel
третьtretʹ, третья
трети́наtretýna
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
(countable, uncountable)An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
They sing in thirds.
Terz
те́рцияtɛ́rcija
те́рціяtércija
the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
(countable, uncountable)Third base
The play ended with Jones standing on third.
the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
(countable, uncountable)A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
(countable, uncountable)A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
(archaic, countable, uncountable)One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system.
following the second position in an ordering or series
Examples
943 sentencesTom is in the third grade.
Том у третьому класі.
Please go up to the third floor.
Будь ласка, піднімися на третій поверх.
ruПожалуйста, поднимитесь на третий этаж.
Our library is on the third floor.
Наша бібліотека знаходиться на третьому поверсі.
ruНаша библиотека находится на третьем этаже.
deUnsere Bibliothek ist im dritten Stock.
My apartment is on the third floor.
Моя квартира на четвертому поверсі.
ruМоя квартира на третьем этаже.
deMeine Wohnung ist im dritten Stock.
Tom is the third one from the right.
Том третій справа.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
By meaning 3
Forms
plural: thirdsSynonyms
6 synonyms- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate):third base
- the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball:third base
- the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle:third gear
- one of three equal parts of a divisible whole:one-thirdtierce
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- the third floor
- third floor
- third grade
- on the third
- the third grade
- is the third
- the third time
- in the third
- third of the
- third time
- a third of
- to the third