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say it: thurd
third is a noun, adjective and adverb meaning "one of three equal parts of a divisible whole". It carries 8 recorded senses.
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
“it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement”
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”
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”
the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
“a simple harmony written in major thirds”
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”
the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
“he was cut down on a close play at third”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for third come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.