third
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- noun
- /θɜrd/
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- Pain may recur in up to one third of those undergoing the procedure.
- one-third
- two-thirds
- a third of respondents
The pound has lost more than a third of its value just since COVID.
- The pound has lost more than a third of its value just since COVID.
Examples
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I own a third of Murphy's operation.
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I've spent a third of my life in a hospital bed... with nothing else to do but read.
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Within the last six months, at least a third of my plans have died.
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A third of the guests have left already.
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The pound has lost more than a third of its value just since COVID.
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That's about the same, nearly a third of all the cases now.
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And women, our research shows, made-up almost a third of protesters in Egypt.
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The infant mortality rate fell by a third, and life expectancy inched upward.
Academic text (2011) -
Annual OHT surveys are administered to more than one-third of Oregon's 8th- and 11th-grade public school students.
Academic text (2012) -
You need to divide the cake into three equal parts, so each person gets a third.
Synonyms
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One of three equal parts of a whole
One of three equal parts of something
One of three equal parts of something
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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2.9
Words that talk about people or things besides the speaker and the listener
- Slur
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7.2
Less rich countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, now often seen as offensive
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3.1
A baseball player who stands near third base and catches and throws balls hit there
- Slur
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4.7
A country with low income and few services like hospitals or clean water
- Specialized
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4.8
A very serious injury that destroys all skin layers can cause numbness and needs medical treatment
- US
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A white square on the field at the third corner that a runner must touch to score
- Specialized
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4.1
When one object pushes another, the other object pushes back equally
- Specialized
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3.9
Every force causes an equal force in the opposite direction
- Specialized
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4.2
Every push on an object causes an equal push back in the opposite direction
- Specialized
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8.0
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
How Much
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182
1.6
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605
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Third comes from the same old root as three, meaning 'three'. A 'third' is one of three equal parts, so the word simply means one part out of three.