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Grep of noun third kepler's third law newton's third law newton's third law of motion one-third third third-class mail third-degree burn third-dimensionality third-place finish third-rater third baron rayleigh third base third baseman third battle of ypres third class third cranial nerve third crusade third deck third degree third dimension third estate third eye third eyelid third gear third house third law of motion third law of thermodynamics third party third period third person third power third rail third reich third sacker third stomach third tonsil third trimester third ventricle third world Overview of noun third The noun third has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (6) one-third, third tierce -- (one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement") 2. (4) third base, third -- (the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near 3rd base; "he is playing third") 3. (3) third -- (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. third -- (the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it "a simple harmony written in major thirds") 5. third gear, third -- (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") 6. third base, third -- (the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball; "he was cut down on a close play at third") Overview of adj third The adj third has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (76) third 3rd, tertiary -- (coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position) 2. (2) third -- (being one of three equal parts "a third share of the money") Overview of adv third The adv third has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) third thirdly -- (in the third place "third we must consider unemployment") Antonyms of adj third 2 senses of third Sense 1 third 3rd, tertiary INDIRECT (VIA ordinal) -> cardinal Sense 2 third(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA fractional) -> whole Similarity of adj third 2 senses of third Sense 1 third 3rd, tertiary => ordinal (vs. cardinal) Sense 2 third(postnominal) => fractional (vs. whole) Attributes of adj third Familiarity of adj third third used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj third forty-third third third-dimensional third-rate third-year thirdhand thirty-third twenty-third Overview of noun third The noun third has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (6) one-third, third tierce -- (one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement") 2. (4) third base, third -- (the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near 3rd base; "he is playing third") 3. (3) third -- (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. third -- (the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it "a simple harmony written in major thirds") 5. third gear, third -- (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") 6. third base, third -- (the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball; "he was cut down on a close play at third") Overview of adj third The adj third has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (76) third 3rd, tertiary -- (coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position) 2. (2) third -- (being one of three equal parts "a third share of the money") Overview of adv third The adv third has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) third thirdly -- (in the third place "third we must consider unemployment")
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