SkyfireDict

third   (TTS Sound)

The noun third has 6 senses

• one-third, third, tierce -- (one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement")


• third base, third -- (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")


• third -- (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")


• third -- (the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it; "a simple harmony written in major thirds")


• third gear, third -- (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")


• third base, third -- (the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball; "he was cut down on a close play at third")

The adj third has 1 sense

• third, 3rd, tertiary -- (coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position)

The adv third has 1 sense

• third, thirdly -- (in the third place; "third we must consider unemployment")