Definition of "third" in English

adjective

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

   • The third tree from the left is my favorite.

noun

1. The person or thing in the third position.

   • Jones came in third.

2. One of three equal parts of a whole.

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

3. (uncountable) Ellipsis of third gear (of a gearbox).

   • Now put it into third.

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

   • They sing in thirds.

5. (baseball) third base

   • The play ended with Jones standing on third.

6. (golf) A handicap of one stroke every third hole.

7. A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme

8. (archaic) One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system.

verb

1. (informal) To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.

2. To divide into three equal parts.