thirdordinal number [ S ]
uk/θɜːd/us/θɝːd/A2 3rd written as a word:
the third road on the right
the third time
"What's the date today?" "It's the third (of July)."
She was/came third in the competition.
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- Your salary will be paid on the third week of each calendar month.
- That's the third glass you've smashed this week, - you're so clumsy!
- She's in her third year of economics at York university.
- Our house is the third from the end on the left.
- My entry was ranked third in the flower show.
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Numbers: ordinal
- billionth
- eighteenth
- eighth
- eleventh
- fiftieth
- fortieth
- millionth
- nano-
- ninth
- quinti
- seventh
- sixteenth
- sixth
- tertius
- thirteenth
- thirtieth
- thousandth
- twelfth
- twenty-first
- umpteen
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Idiom(s)
the third degree
thirdnoun
uk/θɜːd/us/θɝːd/third noun (PART)
B2 [ C ] one of three equal parts of something:
He cut the cake into thirds (= three equal parts).
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Words meaning parts of things
- back end
- bifurcation
- body
- branch
- cartridge
- chunk
- compartment
- element
- feature
- item
- module
- neck
- section
- segment
- segmental
- side
- snatch
- spare
- sub
- subsection
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third noun (QUALIFICATION)
also third-class degree [ C ] an undergraduate degree from a university in the UK and some other countries that is below a second-class degree
third noun (BASEBALL)
[ C usually singular ] informal → third base