third adj
1: coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position [syn: 3rd, tertiary]
2: being one of three equal parts; "a third share of the money" [syn: third(a)] (noun)
1: one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement" [syn: one-third, tierce]
2: the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near 3rd base; "he is playing third" [syn: [[third base]]]
3: 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"
4: the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it; "a simple harmony written in major thirds"
5: 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" [syn: third gear]
6: the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball; "he was cut down on a close play at third" [syn: third base] adv : in the third place; "third we must consider unemployment" [syn: thirdly]