third
third
θɜrd
thērd
/θɜːd/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "third"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋ

coming after the second in order or position
third definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Let 's meet at the third coffee shop on this street.
āĻāχ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻĢāĻŋ āĻļāĻĒ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
1.1

āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ

referring to the competitor or team that finishes immediately after the second
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He received the third medal in the relay event.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϰāĻŋāϞ⧇ āχāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡ āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ• āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇āϰ

holding the third rank in a hierarchy of authority, status, or value
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The third assistant handled scheduling.
āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻšāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏ⧂āĻšā§€ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ

representing one part of three equal divisions of something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The third portion of the budget was allocated to research.
āĻŦāĻžāĻœā§‡āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻĻā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇

relating to the third gear in a vehicle's transmission system
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The car shifted smoothly into third gear.
āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻŽāϏ⧃āĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āϤāϰ⧇āϰ

belonging to the third level in a school or educational grading system
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He repeated the third year of primary school.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ

being every number three in a repeating group or pattern
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He skipped every third line in the poem.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϞāĻžāχāύ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
01

āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ, āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ­āĻžāĻ—

each part representing one-third of a whole
third definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She donated a third of her salary to charity.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦ⧇āϤāύ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•-āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ

the person, thing, or event that comes after the first and second
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The third arrived just moments after the second.
āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
2.1

āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ, āĻŦā§āϰ⧋āĻžā§āϜ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāϜāϝāĻŧā§€

the contestant who comes after the winner and the runner-up
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was the third in the tournament last year.
āĻ—āϤ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϟ⧁āĻ°ā§āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

a person holding the third-highest role or level of power in a group
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was promoted to third after the resignation of the second.
āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāϗ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻĻ⧇ āωāĻ¨ā§āύ⧀āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ

(music) either a major or minor musical distance between two notes
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
That chord resolves with a minor third.
āϏ⧇āχ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāχāύāϰ āĻĨāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĄāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰ⧀

(music) the note that lies a third above the tonic or root of a chord
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
If you flatten the third, it becomes minor.
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ, āϤāĻŦ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāχāύāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
06

āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖā§€āϰ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ, āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖā§€āϰ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ

merchandise that fails to meet second-tier quality standards, usually used in plural form
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We bought a box of thirds for the workshop.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻļāĻžāϞāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖā§€āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ āĻ•āĻŋāύ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
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āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ, āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ

(law) portion of property granted to a widow of her deceased husband's estate
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She claimed her thirds in accordance with tradition.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āϤāĻžāϰ āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
01

āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧāϤ

following next after the second in a sequence
third definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She ranked her priorities: first health, second family, and third career.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ: āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝ, āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĨ¤
02

āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇

in third place or finishing after first and second in a race or competition
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Their team placed third at the national robotics competition.
āϜāĻžāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϰ⧋āĻŦā§‹āϟāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϏ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻāϞ āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

thirdly
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