third

[US]/θɜːd/
[UK]/θɝd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the one coming after the second in order
adj. coming after the second in order, constituting number three in a sequence, relating to a third of something, related to a state of exhaustion from questioning

Phrases & Collocations

the third place

third wheel

third party

third grade

third world country

third part

third generation

third world

one third

third person

third place

third floor

third stage

third order

third class

third sector

third world countries

third dimension

third edition

third wave

third man

third degree

third base

third position

third international

Example Sentences

the third of October.

there was the sound of a third impact.

the third month of their captivity passed.

a third-person omniscient narrator.

a third of a mile.

The third can use miticide.

We live on the third floor.

a package sent third class.

in the Lungfeng Nunnery in the North Third District

I got the third prize in the race.

a playground foaming with third graders.

he had to be content with third place.

the lowered third degree of the scale.

he is endeavouring to help the Third World.

they had every third week off.

The runner slid headlong into third base.

the left flank of the Russian Third Army.

Real-world Examples

What if they came in third in a modeling contest?

Source: Friends Season 6

High cholesterol affects a third of American adults.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American June 2020 Compilation

Before we had spike from cowboy bebop we had Lupin the third.

Source: Anime news

In Miami, by more than a third.

Source: The Economist - Finance

Which country occupies the western third of Hispaniola?

Source: CNN 10 Student English Compilation August 2019

We waste a third of our lives sleeping.

Source: 800 Questions for Intensive Listening Training for College English Test Band 4

Humans roughly spend one third of their lives asleep.

Source: The Economist (Video Edition)

Of course, those first two would help the third.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American June 2019 Compilation

And my third offering is about calling and wholeness.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

The current mission is its third to the Moon.

Source: VOA Standard English (Video Version) - 2023 Collection

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