third

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   in the third place

   third we must consider unemployment

2. 2
   noun

   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.

3. 3
   noun

   the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball

   They were cut down on a close play at third.

4. 4
   noun

   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

5. 5
   noun

   the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it

   a simple harmony written in major thirds

6. 6
   noun

   one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

   it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement

7. 7
   noun

   following the second position in an ordering or series

   a distant third

8. 8
   adj

   The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.

   The third tree from the left is my favorite.

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes From Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô, from Pre-Germanic *tretyós, a remodeling of Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós.