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Sounds | ther'd |
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Rhymes | Abelard, absurd, acquired, and 283 more rhymes in erd at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position. |
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Synonyms | 3rd, tertiary |
Similar to | ordinal |
Meaning | One of three equal parts. |
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Examples | "a third share of the money" |
Similar to | fractional |
Meaning | One of three equal parts of a divisible whole. |
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Examples | "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement" |
Synonyms | one-third, tierce |
Broader | common fraction, simple fraction |
Meaning | The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near 3rd base. |
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Examples | "he is playing third" |
Synonyms | third base |
Member of | baseball team |
Broader | position |
Meaning | Following the second position in an ordering or series. |
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Examples | "a distant third"; "he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment" |
Broader | rank |
Meaning | The musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it. |
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Examples | "a simple harmony written in major thirds" |
Broader | interval, musical interval |
Adjectives | tertian |
Meaning | The third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle. |
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Examples | "you shouldn't try to start in third gear" |
Synonyms | third gear |
Part of | car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar |
Broader | gear, gear mechanism |
Meaning | The base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball. |
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Examples | "he was cut down on a close play at third" |
Synonyms | third base |
Broader | base, bag |
Meaning | In the third place. |
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Examples | "third we must consider unemployment" |
Synonyms | thirdly |