third

Speech parts

1. third - Noun

2. third - Adjective

3. third - Verb

4. third - Adverb

5. third - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.

Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.

The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.

The sixtieth part of a second of time.

The third tone of the scale; the mediant.

The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

thirdly tertiary 3rd third base third gear trinity trine cube gamma ternate second three least half section
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Antonyms

group total body whole base basis
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Hypernyms

position base rank interval gear bag

Related terms

wikipedia third person major third third gear minor third

Phrases with the word

third rail third time's a charm third time lucky third time's the charm give someone the third degree get the third degree

Anagrams

drith thrid

Examples

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest. Confucius

Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time. Paulo Coelho

Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act. Truman Capote

The first day a guest, the second day a guest, the third day a calamity. Hindi Proverb

A person is a guest for one or two days, but becomes an intruder on the third. Nigerian Proverb

Two birds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off. African Congo Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Thira thiram Thiran third age third angle projection third art