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third
has definitions from the fields of baseball,sport,games,music,mathematics
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[ adjective ] coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)The Flock added a pair of tallies in the third on three straight hits after two were out . `` Take a ride on this one '' , Brooks_Robinson greeted Hansen as the Bird third_sacker grabbed a bat , headed for the plate and bounced a third inning two run double off the left centerfield wall tonight . (The Dallas Morning News,...)`` I think the big thing about the game was that our kids for the third straight week stayed in there pitching and kept the pressure on . The Dallas Texans were back home Monday with their third victory in four American_Football_League starts - a 19 - 12 triumph over the Denver_Broncos - but their visit will be a short one . (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)It was Nischwitz ' third straight victory of the new season and ran the Grizzlies ' winning streak to four straight . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (mathematics) one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
Examples "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Mills shot out in_front and kept the lead through two thirds of the race . (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)Aside from this , the average portion contains some protein , an appreciable amount of vitamins and C - about one-tenth of the minimum daily requirement , and about a third of the official vitamin_E requirement . (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)Their own easier , slower tempo is especially dear to Southerners ; and I have heard many say that they are content to earn a half or a third as_much_as they could up North because they so much prefer the quieter habits of their home_town . (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)Laurence_M_._Klauber put length at maturity at two thirds the ultimate length for some rattlesnakes , and Charles_C_._Carpenter 's data on Michigan garter and ribbon_snakes ( Thamnophis ) show that the smallest gravid females are more_than half as long as the biggest adults . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (baseball,sport) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near 3rd base
Synonyms Examples "he is playing third" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)The Orioles got a run in the first inning when Breeding , along with Robinson , the two Birds who got a pair of hits , doubled to right center , moved to third on Russ_Snyder 's single to right and crossed on Kunkel 's wild_pitch into the dirt in_front of the plate . Jim_Gentile bounced a hard shot off Kunkel 's glove and beat it out for a single , and when Lumpe grabbed the ball and threw it over first_baseman Throneberry 's head Brandt took third and Gentile second on the error . When Robinson tried to stretch his blow into a triple , he was cut_down in a close play at third , Tuttle to Andy_Carey . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] in the third place
Synonyms Examples "third we must consider unemployment" Used in print (James Bryant Conant, Slums and Suburbs...)Third , the significance of the vocational courses is that those enrolled are keenly interested in the work ; they realize the relevance of what they are learning to their future careers , and this sense of purpose is carried_over to the academic courses which they are studying at_the_same_time . |
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[ noun ] following the second position in an ordering or series
Examples : "a distant third" "he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)The third amended the enabling_act for creation of the Lamar_county Hospital_District , for which a special constitutional amendment previously was adopted . (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)Maple and ash , beech and elm , one_hundred to win on Three in the fourth , fifty to win on Six in the third , one_hundred to win on Two in the eighth . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] being one of three equal parts
Examples "a third share of the money" Used in print ([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)What are the possibilities for operating your cafeteria for a single shift only and relying_upon vending_machines or prepackaged sandwiches for the second - and third shift operations ? (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)As part of the same arrangement , Torrio had , in the spirit of peace and good_will , and in exchange for armed support in the April election campaign , bestowed upon O_'_Banion a third share in the Hawthorne_Smoke_Shop proceeds and a cut in the Cicero beer trade . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (music) the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
Examples "a simple harmony written in major thirds" Related terms |
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[ noun ] the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle
Synonyms Examples "you shouldn't try to start in third gear" |
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[ noun ] (baseball,games) the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
Synonyms Examples "he was cut down on a close play at third" Related terms |
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