Definitions for third

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third third

Spelling: [thurd]

IPA: /θɜrd/

Third is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 46 anagrams from letters in third (dhirt).

Definitions for third

noun

1. a third part, especially of one (1/3).
2. the third member of a series.
3. Automotive. third gear:
4. a person or thing next after second in rank, precedence, order:
5. Usually, thirds. Law. the third part of the personal property of a deceased husband, which in certain circumstances goes absolutely to the widow. a widow's dower.
6. Music. a tone on the third degree from a given tone (counted as the first). the interval between such tones. the harmonic combination of such tones.
7. Baseball. third base.
8. Usually, thirds. Commerce. a product or goods below second quality. Compare first (def 17), second1 (def 23).

adverb

1. in the third place; thirdly.

adjective

1. next after the second; being the ordinal number for three.
2. being one of three equal parts.
3. Automotive. of, relating to, or operating at the gear transmission ratio at which the drive shaft speed is greater than that of second gear for a given engine crankshaft speed, but not as great as that of fourth gear, if such exists:
4. rated, graded, or ranked one level below the second:

Origin of third

before 900; Middle English thirde, Old English (north) thirda, variant of thridda; cognate with Dutch derde, German dritte, Old Norse thrithi, Gothic thridja, Greek trítos, Latin tertius, San

Examples for third

Then they wait for a third service, and after that start out home again.

The third suspect, an 18-year-old named Hamyd Mourad, who turned himself in, is part of the same extended family.

A second and a third time the Ethiopian touched him with his wand, and spoke in whispers.

It seemed to come from the direction of Malbone's room, which was in the third story.

Officials have said the war to reclaim upward of a third of Iraq and a quarter of Syria from ISIS could take years.

And the third time I said, 'Behold the winged separates from that which hath no wings.'

He little knew how narrow an escape he had had of losing a third!

Murders are slightly down from 414 last year, but have fallen by about one—third since 2003.

The third problem is the evidence of corroborating witnesses.

third parties in turn quibbled with his accounts, and he was irritated, but not overly so.