HyperDic: third

English > 8 senses of the word *third*:
ADJECTIVE	all	third, 3rd, tertiary	coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
NOUN	quantity	third, one-third, tierce	one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
	act	third, third base	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)
	relation	third	following the second position in an ordering or series
	communication	third	the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
	artifact	third, third gear	the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle
	artifact	third, third base	the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
ADVERB	all	third, thirdly	in the third place

third > pronunciation
Sounds	ther'd
Rhymes	Abelard ... word / Word: 269 rhymes with erd...

English > *third*: 8 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	Coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position.
Synonyms	3rd, tertiary
Broader	ordinal	Being or denoting a numerical order in a series
Spanish	tercer, tercero
Catalan	3r, tercer, terciari, terciària

English > *third*: 8 senses > noun 1, quantity
Meaning	One of three equal parts of a divisible whole.
Example	"it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"
Synonyms	one-third, tierce
Broader	common fraction, simple fraction	The quotient of two integers
Spanish	tercera, tercera parte, tercio
Catalan	tercera, terç

English > *third*: 8 senses > noun 2, act
Meaning	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).
Example	"he is playing third"
Synonym	third base
Member of	baseball team	A team that plays baseball
Broader	position	(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
Spanish	tercera base
Catalan	tercera base

English > *third*: 8 senses > noun 3, relation
Meaning	Following the second position in an ordering or series.
Examples	"a distant third" "he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment"
Broader	rank	relative status
Spanish	tercero
Catalan	tercer

English > *third*: 8 senses > noun 4, communication
Meaning	The musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it.
Example	"a simple harmony written in major thirds"
Broader	interval, musical interval	The difference in pitch between two notes
Spanish	tercera
Catalan	tercera
Adjectives	tertian	of or relating to a tonal system based on major thirds

English > *third*: 8 senses > noun 5, artifact
Meaning	The third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle.
Example	"you shouldn't try to start in third gear"
Synonym	third gear
Part of	car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar	A motor vehicle with four wheels
Broader	gear, gear mechanism	A mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
Spanish	tercera
Catalan	tercera

English > *third*: 8 senses > noun 6, artifact
Meaning	The base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball.
Example	"he was cut down on a close play at third"
Synonym	third base
Broader	base, bag	A place that the runner must touch before scoring
Spanish	tercera base
Catalan	tercera base

English > *third*: 8 senses > adverb 1
Meaning	In the third place.
Example	"third we must consider unemployment"
Synonym	thirdly
Catalan	en tercer lloc, tercerament, tercer

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