third

Adverb

• in the third place
  • third we must consider unemployment
    

Adjective

• coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position

Noun

• the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
  • he was cut down on a close play at third
    

• the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle
  • you shouldn't try to start in third gear
    

• the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
  • a simple harmony written in major thirds
    

• following the second position in an ordering or series
  • a distant third
    
  • he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment
    

• 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)
  • he is playing third
    

• one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
  • it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  thirdly , 3rd , tertiary , third base , third gear , one-third , tierce