'third' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'third' with 20 example sentences.
- third adjective
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: coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
- third noun
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: 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
- third adverb
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: in the third place
I'm the third youngest person on the team.
They're working on their third album.
This is my third wish.
There's no third option.
Today is Monday, the twenty-third of October.
March is the third month of the year.
This is my third marriage.
We're on the third floor.
I got off the elevator on the third floor.
My name was third on the list.
Earth is the third planet from the sun.
This is the third longest river in the world.
I prefer the third option.
My room is number fourteen on the third floor.
Daylight Savings Time starts on April third.
The third string is out of tune.
The population of the country dropped by a third.
Two thirds of the employees of this company are engineers.
And the evening and the morning were the third day.
Around two-thirds of our body is made up of water.