English Dictionary

third

/θɜːd/

noun

The person or thing in the third position. / One of three equal parts of a whole. / (uncountable) The third gear of a gearbox. / (music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.

He finished in third place in the race.

意味（1）

The person or thing in the third position.

Jones came in third.

意味（2）

One of three equal parts of a whole.

He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds.

意味（3）

(uncountable) The third gear of a gearbox.

Now put it into third.

意味（4）

(music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.

They sing in thirds.

意味（5）

(baseball) third base

The play ended with Jones standing on third.

意味（6）

(golf) A handicap of one stroke every third hole.

意味（7）

A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme

意味（8）

(archaic) One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. Also formerly known as a tierce.