Synonym: 3rd, one-third, tertiary, third base, third gear, third, thirdly, tierce. Similar words: two-thirds, weird, hire, T-shirt, this, thin, thigh, by this. Meaning: [θɜrd /θɜːd] n. 1. one of three equal parts of a divisible whole 2. 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) 3. following the second position in an ordering or series 4. the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it 5. the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle 6. the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball. adj. 1. coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position 2. being one of three equal parts. adv. in the third place.
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31. Nearly a third of the population died in the Great Plague.
32. The inspectors said just under a third of lessons were unsatisfactory.
33. She seems to have camped up at the third act of the play.
34. There were three questions. The first two were relatively easy but the third one was hard.
35. You are like a third parent. We all love you and respect you.
36. The estate contains 300 new homes, about a third of which are leased to the council.
37. Third party distributors are used to distribute the product in areas where the group does not have offices.
38. Would you like to step up to the third floor?
39. The third book in the series is currently in preparation.
40. Most of the pupils' marks were in the upper third of the range.
41. Western countries often dumped surplus goods into Third World countries.
42. A third heart attack finally finished off the old man.
43. A new introduction has been prefixed to the third printing of the book.
44. You can instruct your bank to allow a third party to remove money from your account.
45. The horse made a mira-culous recovery to finish a close third.
46. The losers of both games will play each other for third place.
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47. As far as I can remember, this is the third time we've met.
48. He is in the third year at Leeds Grammar School.
49. Over a third of those now at secondary school in Wales attend schools with over 1,000 pupils.
50. She is the world champion for the third year in succession.
51. One third of the world's population consumes / consume two thirds of the world's resources.
52. Our team dropped behind in the league matches when a third of the players went on holiday.
53. England's defeat in the third test match was sadly predictable.
54. She finished third in the world cross-country championships in Antwerp.
55. This is the third Sunday in a row that it's rained.
56. A lot of people make the assumption that poverty only exists in the Third World.
57. When the third goal was scored against us, we knew the match was past redemption.
58. She has won the award for the third year in succession.
59. The earliest possible date I can make it is the third.
60. More than a third of Britain's bird species need urgent protection.
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