Third
[θɜːd] or [θɝd]
Definition
(noun.) the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it; 'a simple harmony written in major thirds'.
(noun.) 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'.
(adj.) coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position .
(adv.) in the third place; 'third we must consider unemployment'.
Edited by Carmella--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.
(a.) Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.
(n.) The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.
(n.) The sixtieth part of a second of time.
(n.) The third tone of the scale; the mediant.
(n.) The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.
Editor: Maris
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Third part.
Typed by Jerry
Definition
adj. the last of three.—n. one of three equal parts: (golf) a handicap of a stroke every third hole.—ns. Third′-bor′ough (Shak.) an under-constable; Third′ing the third part of anything.—adv. Third′ly in the third place.—adj. Third′-rate of the third order.—n. Thirds′man a mediator.—Third estate in England the House of Commons; Third person in the Trinity the Holy Spirit.
Editor: Myra
Examples
- It would seem to be always the same question, for, it is always followed by a press of people towards the third cart. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- And that third person could only have come in through the window. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- First of all tack tarred building paper to the studding, running the strips up and down and having them catch on every third studding. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Miss Volumnia with a third little scream takes flight, wishing her hosts--O Lud! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The possession of a grey garment was a third point which, granting the son's statement to be correct, was a certainty. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- In the present state of Europe, the share of the landlord seldom exceeds a third, sometimes not a fourth part of the whole produce of the land. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Why, him in twenty-seven in the third, that this gentleman's going to be chummed on. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I feel I can easily and naturally make room in my heart for you, as my third and youngest sister. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He is, in my judgment, the fourth smartest man in London, and for daring I am not sure that he has not a claim to be third. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The third on the right is his, said the inspector. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- On the third day, the prince's servant was again despatched on the same errand, and he was at last successful. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I am so much attached to you that I may confide in you, my dear, as a third party wholly disinterested, that he is fickleness itself. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- One edition passes into another, and that into a third, and so on, till we come to that volume we peruse at present. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- It is even related that in the third century B.C. Buddhist missionaries came from the court of King Asoka in India. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I think St. Helena, the mother of Constantine, found this wonderful memento when she was here in the third century. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Take a vial about two-thirds full of muriatic acid and put into it little bits of sheet zinc as long as the acid will dissolve them. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- But any of these might subsequently be included with the assent of two thirds of the Assembly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Two-thirds of my income goes in paying the interest of mortgages. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It might be more according to the rights of things, to say Two-thirds; it might be more according to the rights of things, to say Three-fourths. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This mishap occurred when she was descending an open slope about two-thirds home. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The population of Genoa is 120,000; two-thirds of these are women, I think, and at least two-thirds of the women are beautiful. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Of this, half or more were slaves and strangers, and two-thirds of the free body women and children. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Hevea trees are scattered through the dense forests of practically every part of the Amazon Basin, a territory more than two-thirds as large as the United States. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The bottle stood near them, two-thirds full, and beside it lay a long, deeply stained cork. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is as crooked as any brook, and only from one-quarter to two-thirds as wide as the Mississippi. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Five dollars, sixty-six and two-thirds per cent. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The human body itself consists largely of water; indeed, about two thirds of our own weight is water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- For comfort and health, the air should be about two thirds saturated. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The new route is less than two-thirds of the former. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Such was the greed of the fellow, that his mind had shot beyond halves, two-thirds, three-fourths, and gone straight to spoliation of the whole. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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