third
thurd
- n one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement - n 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 - n 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 - n the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
a simple harmony written in major thirds - n 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 - n the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
he was cut down on a close play at third - s coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
- r in the third place
third we must consider unemployment
- What started out as a season of unusual opportunity for third-party candidates is coming to a dispiriting close.
- The ratings results are in for the first quarter of 2009, and they're not pretty for CNN, which, after riding high for much of the election year, has fallen to third place in the .
- A third Bloomberg administration would be forced to confront massive challenges, not the least of which would be steering the city through the fallout from Wall Street's .