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English to English adjective
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Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day. |  | source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position | | source: wordnet30
adverb
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in the third place | | Example: third we must consider unemployment
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noun
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one of three equal parts of a divisible whole | | Example: it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement
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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) | | Example: he is playing third
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following the second position in an ordering or series | | Example: a distant third
he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment
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the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it | | Example: a simple harmony written in major thirds
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the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle | | Example: you shouldn't try to start in third gear
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the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball | | Example: he was cut down on a close play at third
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The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided. | | source: webster1913
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