Definizione monolingua

third

third (third-person singular simple present thirds, present participle thirding, simple past and past participle thirded)

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

third (countable and uncountable; plural thirds)

1. The person or thing in the third position.

   Jones came in third.

2. One of three equal parts of a whole.

   He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds.

3. (uncountable) The third gear of an engine.

   Now put it into third.

4. (music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.

   They sing in thirds.

5. (baseball) third base

   The play ended with Jones standing on third.

6. (archaic) 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.

Definizione dizionario third

	terzo
	the ordinal form of the cardinal number three
	person or thing in the third position
	one of three equal parts of a whole
	The ordinal form of the cardinal number three.
	One of three equal parts of a whole.

	terza
	the ordinal form of the cardinal number three
	interval
	The ordinal form of the cardinal number three.

third

Altri significati:

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

(music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.

To divide into three equal parts.

(archaic) 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.

third (base, baseman, gear)

third (ordinal)

To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.

The person or thing in the third position.

(baseball) third base

(uncountable) The third gear of an engine.