thirds
Speech parts
1. thirds - Noun
2. thirds - Verb
Meaning
thirds
plural of third
A third helping of food for one person, or refill of coffee or other drink.
Coordinate term: seconds
(law, historical) The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow was entitled to enjoy during her life.
thirds
third-person singular simple present indicative of third
Synonyms
Examples
2010s Asia moved beyond the economic crisis and by 2010 had emerged as a new engine of global economic growth though it remained home to two thirds of the world’s poor.
According to a 2012 survey, 47 million people, i.e., up to two thirds of this global number, within the EU claimed to have sufficient German skills to have a conversation.
About two thirds of the population older than 15 years participates in sports weekly.
After the agreement, Israel still held more than two thirds of Sinai, which would prove to be a valuable bargaining chip in the coming negotiations.
A leading epidemiologist last night claimed two thirds of cases in Britain are undiagnosed because the Government refuses to recognise symptoms like loss of taste or smell - which other countries like the US acknowledge as signs of infection.
Actually Universal Uclick and United Media practically have no half-page comics, with the remaining strips from both syndicates in this format are published only as "thirds", "fourths", and "sixths" (also called "third tabs").