third
What is the Definition of third?
Noun:
- one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
- 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)
- following the second position in an ordering or series
- the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
- the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle
- the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
Adjective:
- coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
Adverb:
- in the third place
How can I use third in a sentence?
Now, as I understand it, the house cup here needs awarding, and the points stand thus: In fourth place, Gryffindor, with three hundred and twelve points; in third, Hufflepuff, with three hundred and fifty-two; Ravenclaw has four hundred and twenty-six and Slytherin, four hundred and seventy-two.
Unfortunately, while everyone else was running around looking for it, Snape, who already suspected me, went straight to the third floor to head me off — and not only did my troll fail to beat you to death, that three-headed dog did not even manage to bite Snape's leg off properly.
I brought Ron round — that took a while — and we were dashing up to the owlery to contact Dumbledore when we met him in the entrance hall — he already knew — he just said, ‘Harry's gone after him, has not he?' and hurtled off to the third floor.
Snape's only got to say he does not know how the troll got in at Halloween and that he was nowhere near the third floor — who do you think they will believe, him or us?
And finally, I must tell you that this year, the third-floor corridor on the right-hand side is out of bounds to everyone who does not wish to die a very painful death.
Other meanings of third (synonyms, cognates).
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