| ADJECTIVE | all | third, 3rd, tertiary | coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position |
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| 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 |
| Sounds | ther'd | |
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| Rhymes | Abelard ... word / Word: 269 rhymes with erd... | |
| Meaning | Coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position. | |
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| Synonyms | 3rd, tertiary | |
| Broader | ordinal | Being or denoting a numerical order in a series |
| Spanish | tercer, tercero | |
| Catalan | 3r, tercer, terciari, terciària | |
| Meaning | One of three equal parts of a divisible whole. | |
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| 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 | |
| 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). | |
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| 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 | |
| Meaning | Following the second position in an ordering or series. | |
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| Broader | rank | relative status |
| Spanish | tercero | |
| Catalan | tercer | |
| Meaning | The musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it. | |
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| 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 |
| Meaning | The third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle. | |
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| 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 | |
| Meaning | The base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball. | |
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| 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 | |
| Meaning | In the third place. | |
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| Example | "third we must consider unemployment" | |
| Synonym | thirdly | |
| Catalan | en tercer lloc, tercerament, tercer | |
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