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(adverb) in the third place; "third we must consider unemployment" |
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Synonyms: thirdly |
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(satellite adjective) being one of three equal parts; "a third share of the money" |
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(satellite adjective) coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position |
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Synonyms: 3rd, tertiary |
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(noun) the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it; "a simple harmony written in major thirds" |
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Related Words: interval, musical interval |
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(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" |
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Related Words: rank |
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(noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near 3rd base; "he is playing third" |
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Synonyms: third base |
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Related Words: position |
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(noun) the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball; "he was cut down in a close play at third" |
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Synonyms: third base |
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Related Words: bag, base |
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(noun) the third from the lowest forward ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; "you shouldn't try to start in third gear" |
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Synonyms: third gear |
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Related Words: gear, gear mechanism |
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(noun) one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement" |
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Synonyms: one-third, tierce |
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Related Words: common fraction, simple fraction |
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