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third
1. one of three equal parts of a divisible whole (Freq. 6) - it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement • Syn: one-third, tierce • Hypernyms: common fraction, simple fraction 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) (Freq. 4) - he is playing third • Syn: third base • Hypernyms: position • Member Holonyms: baseball team 3. following the second position in an ordering or series (Freq. 3) - a distant third - he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment • Hypernyms: rank 4. the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it - a simple harmony written in major thirds • Hypernyms: interval, musical interval 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 • Hypernyms: gear, gear mechanism • Part Holonyms: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar 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 • Hypernyms: base, bag
coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position (Freq. 73) • Syn: 3rd, tertiary • Similar to: ordinal
in the third place (Freq. 3) - third we must consider unemployment • Syn: thirdly
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