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third

adverb
  1. in the third place
    “third we must consider unemployment”
    thirdly
adjective
  1. coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
    tertiary
noun
  1. 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
    “I am playing third.”
    third base
  2. the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
    “They were cut down on a close play at third.”
    third base
  3. 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”
  4. the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
    “a simple harmony written in major thirds”
  5. one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
    “it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement”
    one-thirdtierce
  6. following the second position in an ordering or series
    “a distant third”