third

Значение

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.

Произносится как (IPA)

/θɜːd/

Этимология

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.

Предложения

Give them a little third degree .

Дайте им немного третьей степени.

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

Если вторая пара отказалась, третья пара спросила.

Five times she came in third in the overall ranking .

Пять раз она заняла третье место в общем рейтинге.

Venezuelan finished third .

Венесуэлан занял третье место.