Third
WordNet
adjective
(1) Coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
adverb
(2) In the third place
"Third we must consider unemployment"
noun
(3) 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)
"He is playing third"
(4) The base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
"He was cut down on a close play at third"
(5) 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"
(6) The musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
"A simple harmony written in major thirds"
(7) One of three equal parts of a divisible whole
"It contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"
(8) 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"
WiktionaryText
Ordinal number
- The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
- The third tree from the left is my favorite.
Noun
- The person or thing in the third position.
- Jones came in third.
- One of three equal parts of a whole.
- He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds.
- The third gear of an engine.
- Now put it into third.
- An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
- They sing in thirds.
- third base
- The play ended with Jones standing on third.