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Third English

Learners of English as a second language usually know the word Third once they have reached the level A2 – Elementary. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning Third meaning

What does Third mean?

Definitions in simple English

third Adjective

— The third thing is the one that is number three (3) in order. I have two older brothers. I'm the third child.

third Noun

— A third of something is one of three equal parts of that thing. Four is one third of twelve.

third

— adjective coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position

— noun one of three equal parts of a divisible whole it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement

— 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) he is playing third

— adverb in the third place third we must consider unemployment

— noun 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

— noun the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it a simple harmony written in major thirds

— noun the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball he was cut down on a close play at third

— noun (= third gear) 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

Synonyms Third synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as Third?

third English » English

thirdly

third base

tertiary

one-third

in the third place

3rd

tierce

third gear

three

third part

number three

triple

trimester

tri

top

three times

third of exchange

sixth

second

one third

minor third

middle

medium

mediant

major third

inferior

first

bottom

best

Topics Third topics

What do people use Third to talk about?

States Quantity Number

Fraction

• What words refer to a particular fraction of something?
  half one half third one third two thirds quarter fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth ninth tenth

Grammar Connected with, related Coordinate relations

And, also

• What words indicate that you are adding another in a list of thoughts?
  first second third firstly secondly thirdly in the first/second/third place first of all to begin with to start with finally lastly to conclude in conclusion last but not least

States Quantity Number

Ordinal numbers

• What are the ordinal numbers?
  first second third fourth fifth sixth seven eighth ninth tenth eleventh twelfth thirteenth hundredth thousandth

Person Healthy

Injure

• What words refer to being injured by being burned?
  burn first/second/third degree burn boil scald
• What words describe the seriousness of an injury?
  crippling serious (injury) minor (injury) bad (accident) deep (wound) bad (sprain) third degree (burn) compound (fracture) critical critically fatal fatally sore (finger)

Universe, creation

World

• What words refer to a part of the world?
  hemisphere North Pole South Pole pole polar polar cap equator tropics tropical continent time zone the Third World the West the East Orient

Person Body Limb

Finger, toe

• What are the names of each toe?
  big toe first toe middle toe third toe little toe

Examples Third examples

How do I use Third in a sentence?

Simple sentences

It's October the third.

Seems like I'm the third wheel here. I should go.

Tom's third marriage was unhappy and he was considering yet another divorce.

I took the elevator to the third floor.

Tom poured a bucket with water out of window on the third floor.

In the third dimension you see yourself as a separate entity in comparison to other people and the universe.

Coffee is one of the most popular hot beverages in the world and is drunk almost daily by about a third of the world's population.

More than a third of the world population lives near a coast.

A third party makes off with the profits.

One third of the earth's surface is desert.

We have English third period.

If you go by bus, you can get there in about one-third of the time.

On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee.

The teacher is in charge of the third year class.

That teacher is in charge of the third-year class.

The circulation of the newspaper is only one-third that of its competitor.

This is the third longest river in the world.

Go straight down this street and turn right at the third light.

This river is about one third as long as the Shinano.

This dictionary, of which the third volume is missing, cost me a hundred dollars.

Two dogs fight for a bone, and the third runs away with it.

Our city has one third as many people as Tokyo.

Please go up to the third floor.

The age of the carpet is a third thing to consider.

It's the third of October.

I met her by accident on Third Avenue.

I took the lift to the third floor.

Our library is on the third floor.

About one third of the earth's surface is land.

Walk along the street and turn left at the third intersection.

Movie subtitles

The opponent is an empire which has subdued over a third of the world.

Yes, as of today, he would accept condolers' visits and bury her on the third day.

OK, so better iv access first, tube second, ABGs third.

So, it's third and one, they're showing blitz, and suddenly I realize.

You're already manipulating men at a third grade level.

She'll be with me and probably already on to her third.

That was your third mistake.

This is the third time this has happened!

He also has some of second and third place finishes in group categories.

We won't be able to do it until the third cycle.

The third cycle?

The third way around.

Third position!

It was our third or maybe fourth date.

Ladies and gentlemen, I raise my glass to Captain Hubert who just earned a well-deserved third stripe. To his lovely wife, our hospital's head nurse, whose beauty and competence will support her husband's brilliant career.

One third of us died of cholera.

One third gave up and rented the land to the Arabs.

We are the last third.

The testimony of the third witness.

The third witness was engineer Lebel and he tells of how he is one day visited by Monro, who is uncomfortably surprised to see him in good health.

Two-time murderer caught in third attempt!

Come, I'll show you where I saw him. in the scene-dock of the third cellar.

Then John found the third painting.

In the Five-Year Plan's third year of struggle, the Donbass' miners must bear in mind that their socialist country's primary industries depend on their efforts.

Third prize, a travel bag, goes to Miss Schulz.

I. I will lead the third group by the lake.

In the next month, he will be the Team Leader for the joint officer team of the North and South, and compete against the officers from 16 countries attending the third WOC.

A bail on John Mayer will have a big influence on the trial. He'll definitely escape to the third country during his bail.

I'm asking you, what's going on? It has already been announced that we're entering the third stage for war preparations.

The third one's small.

THIRD ACT.

END OF THE THIRD ACT.

Three different negatives were created for the film Der letzte Mann. One of them was for Germany, one for general export, and the third for the US A.

Would you like a suite on the third floor?

I think the third floor is missing.

Stand by, ladies and gentlemen for the third round.

Messenger. Third Company.

News and current affairs

Communism, still wrapped in the laurel leaf of anti-fascism, had a wide intellectual and emotional appeal, not only in the so-called Third World, but also in Western Europe.

If the policy were extended to third-country firms, it would have a powerful liberalizing impact.

The third and most damaging flaw, however, is that the spending cuts come in the wrong places.

A third of Bangladesh will be underwater by the end of this century.

I estimate that Euro 750 million in the first year, Euro 500 million in the second year and Euro 250 million in the third year would do the trick.

The most promising areas for international cooperation today most likely concern problems posed for states by third parties such as criminals and terrorists.

Third is growth led by economic restructuring and diversification into new products.

The first two models are at greater risk than the third.

This leaves us with the third question: what kind of Turkey does the EU want?

Third, the richer nations are better able than less well-off nations to absorb the costs of fixing the problem without causing serious harm to their populations.

This generational change is accelerated by a third development.

Around one-third of the children are malnourished, and will consequently suffer a lifetime of physical and cognitive disabilities.

Third, foreign central banks and sovereign wealth funds may be keen to keep buying up euros to hedge against risks to the US and their own economies.

Gallup's results, which form the basis of the World Giving Index 2014, indicate that approximately 2.3 billion people, a third of the world's population, perform at least one altruistic act per month.

Two of them offset each other, but the third threatens what America needs most in the coming years: economic growth.

That leaves only about one-third of total federal spending from which to cut, and much of that goes to the defense budget, which Republicans will attempt to protect in the future.

The result is a grain yield (for example, maize) that is roughly one-third less than what could be achieved with better farm inputs.

The real challenge of global warming, therefore, lies in tackling its impact on the Third World.