third

Significado

Adj

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

Noun

1. The person or thing in the third position.
2. One of three equal parts of a whole.
3. The third gear of a gearbox.
4. An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
5. third base
6. A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
7. A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
8. One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. Also formerly known as a tierce.

Verb

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

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/θɜːd/

Etimologia

PIE word
*tréyes
From Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô, from Pre-Germanic *tretyós, a remodeling of Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós.

Frases

Give them a little third degree .

Dê a eles um pequeno terceiro grau.

If the second couple declined , the third couple was asked .

Se o segundo casal declinou, o terceiro casal foi perguntado.

Five times she came in third in the overall ranking .

Cinco vezes ela ficou em terceiro no ranking geral.

Venezuelan finished third .

Venezuelano terminou em terceiro.