third

adj

1. (not-comparable)The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.

   “The third tree from the left is my favorite.”

   “The second and third quarters of the shield are indecipherable on the stone but clearer in two other representations of the arms, a painted wooden funeral hatchment for Mary Davie[…]”

   ““Congress took the lead on putting the HBCU funding in those bills and passing them. The third COVID-19 bill, passed under President Biden, included as much funding for HBCUs as both of the first two Covid-19 bills under President Trump,” he said.”

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The person or thing in the third position.

   “Jones came in third.”

2. (countable, uncountable)One of three equal parts of a whole.

   “He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds.”

   “Around a third of both Black and White respondents said they believed the opposition Labour Party to be institutionally racist.”

   “Despite these uncertainties, Clarke told MPs he was convinced of the need to order trains powered by batteries. He said: "We're calling for a 'no regrets' order of battery trains because we see them always having a future. We see them being fundable, financeable, similar cost to diesel trains, and we know that however much electrification we would aspire to do, there's always going to be at least a third of the network that isn't electrified.”

3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable)Ellipsis of third gear (of a gearbox).

   “Now put it into third.”

4. (countable, uncountable)An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.

   “They sing in thirds.”

5. (countable, uncountable)third base

   “The play ended with Jones standing on third.”

6. (countable, uncountable)A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
7. (countable, uncountable)A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
8. (archaic, countable, uncountable)One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system.

   “[…] thirds (sixtieths of seconds), fourths (sixtieths of thirds) and so on, but then it becomes very cumbersome.”

verb

1. (informal)To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.
2. To divide into three equal parts.