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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (6)

1. one of three equal parts of a divisible whole;
- Example: "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"
[syn: one-third, third, tierce]

2. 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"
[syn: third base, third]

3. following the second position in an ordering or series;
- Example: "a distant third"
- Example: "he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment"

4. the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it;
- Example: "a simple harmony written in major thirds"

5. 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"
[syn: third gear, third]

6. the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball;
- Example: "he was cut down on a close play at third"
[syn: third base, third]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position;
[syn: third, 3rd, tertiary]


ADVERB (1)

1. in the third place;
- Example: "third we must consider unemployment"
[syn: third, thirdly]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Third \Third\, n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided. [1913 Webster] 2. The sixtieth part of a second of time. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mus.) The third tone of the scale; the mediant. [1913 Webster] 4. pl. (Law) The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life. [1913 Webster] Major third (Mus.), an interval of two tones. Minor third (Mus.), an interval of a tone and a half. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Third \Third\ (th[~e]rd), a. [OE. thirde, AS. [thorn]ridda, fr. [thorn]r[imac], [thorn]re['o], three; akin to D. derde third, G. dritte, Icel. [thorn]ri[eth]i, Goth. [thorn]ridja, L. tertius, Gr. tri`tos, Skr. t[.r]t[imac]ya. See Three, and cf. Riding a jurisdiction, Tierce.] 1. Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day. "The third night." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day. [1913 Webster] Third estate. (a) In England, the commons, or the commonalty, who are represented in Parliament by the House of Commons. (b) In France, the tiers ['e]tat. See Tiers ['e]tat. Third order (R. C. Ch.), an order attached to a monastic order, and comprising men and women devoted to a rule of pious living, called the third rule, by a simple vow if they remain seculars, and by more solemn vows if they become regulars. See Tertiary, n., 1. Third person (Gram.), the person spoken of. See Person, n., 7. Third sound. (Mus.) See Third, n., 3. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

third adv 1: in the third place; "third we must consider unemployment" [syn: third, thirdly] adj 1: coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position [syn: third, 3rd, tertiary] n 1: one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement" [syn: one-third, third, tierce] 2: 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); "he is playing third" [syn: third base, third] 3: following the second position in an ordering or series; "a distant third"; "he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment" 4: the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it; "a simple harmony written in major thirds" 5: the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle; "you shouldn't try to start in third gear" [syn: third gear, third] 6: the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball; "he was cut down on a close play at third" [syn: third base, third]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

34 Moby Thesaurus words for "third": consecutive intervals, degree, diapason, diatessaron, diatonic interval, diatonic semitone, divide in thirds, enharmonic diesis, enharmonic interval, fifth, fourth, half step, halftone, interval, irregular, less semitone, melodic interval, note, octave, parallel octaves, schlock, schmatte, second, semitone, seventh, sixth, step, tertiary, tierce, tone, trichotomize, trifurcate, unison interval, whole step