third
/θɝd/ noun C2- The person or thing in the third position. · Jones came in third.
- One of three equal parts of a whole. · He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds.
- An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale. · They sing in thirds.
- third base · The play ended with Jones standing on third.
- A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
- A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
Plural thirds
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Villefort fell back on his chair, passed his hand over his brow, moist with perspiration, and, for the third time, read the letter.
That ring with the rough nugget on it was above it, and the twisted snake ring on the third finger.
On seeing him the third time, he so increased in boldness that he went up to him and commenced a familiar conversation with him.
Another perished in a similar manner, and then a third, and still others after them.
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