third
- adjective
- /θɜrd/
- She finished in third place at the marathon last weekend.
- a third party
- third grade
- third year
All right, so now on to the third red flag.
- All right, so now on to the third red flag.
- took me three tries but third time was the charm. Next,
- This person has not had the third COVID booster shot.
- They were saying it a third way, Schnatter.
- So the last speaker on the third day, it was all money.
- I also have like a third really weird product.
- I said, I think it's my third oldest son, Taylor.
- And so, but then the third act shocks me.
- So that brings me to the third and final question.
- So it's, it's probably like second or third century AD.
- We're not saying, well, the third movie didn't land.
Examples
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These are first, second, and third grade readers.
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So that brings me to the third and final question.
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OK, so now you need a third power supply.
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Welcome to the third and final New York City mayoral debate.
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This is the third school that Ezra's been expelled from.
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Afghanistan was ranked by Transparency International as the third most corrupt nation in the world in 2010.
Academic text (2011) -
The third book in the series was even better than the first two.
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We are planning to visit the third country on our travel itinerary.
Synonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
Words that talk about people or things besides the speaker and the listener
- Slur
Less rich countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, now often seen as offensive
A baseball player who stands near third base and catches and throws balls hit there
- Slur
A country with low income and few services like hospitals or clean water
- Specialized
A very serious injury that destroys all skin layers can cause numbness and needs medical treatment
- US
A white square on the field at the third corner that a runner must touch to score
- Specialized
When one object pushes another, the other object pushes back equally
- Specialized
Every force causes an equal force in the opposite direction
- Specialized
Every push on an object causes an equal push back in the opposite direction
- Specialized
A narrow space in the middle of the brain that holds fluid and connects to another brain cavity below
- Specialized
A planet's orbit time squared increases with its average distance from the Sun cubed
A major 1761 battle near Panipat where Ahmad Shah Abdali beat the Marathas
A major World War I battle in 1917 at Passchendaele known for mud and many deaths
Major World War I battle in May 1918 near the Aisne River when German troops made a large attack
- US
A nickname for the Great Lakes region around Lake Michigan, seen as a coast like the East or West coast
A short letter in the New Testament addressed to Gaius and linked to John the Apostle
- Archaic
Common people in France who are not nobles or priests before the French Revolution
- Specialized
A small part on top of the head in some reptiles that senses changes in light
A church council in 680 and 681 that says Christ has a divine will and a human will
A military expedition from 1189 to 1192 to try to retake Jerusalem from Muslim forces
- Jargon
A group that tries to influence politicians and government decisions, often by lobbying
A church meeting in 1179 at the Lateran in Rome that condemned some religious groups and made church reforms
- Specialized
A law saying the disorder of a perfect crystal goes to zero at absolute zero
- Specialized
A part of a cow's or sheep's stomach that takes in water and nutrients from food
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Etymology
Third comes from an old word for three, which means 'three'. So, it simply names the thing that is number three in a line, coming after the second and before the fourth.