Definizione di third

Frequenza

third

(θɜːʳd )

parola: plural thirds

1. numero ordinale

The third item in a series is the one that you count as number three.

I sleep on the third floor.

It was the third time one of his cars had gone up in flames.

He came third in the poll with 149 votes.

The attack was the third so far this year.

2. frazione

A third is one of three equal parts of something.

A third of the cost went into technology and services.

He divided their kingdom into thirds.

3. avverbio

You say third when you want to make a third point or give a third reason for something.

First, interest rates may take longer to fall. Second, lending may fall. Third, bad loans could wipe out any improvement.

4. sostantivo numerabile [usually singular]

A third is the lowest honours degree that can be obtained from a British university.

Video: pronunciation of 'third'

Frequenza

third in American

(θɜrd ; t hʉrd)

aggettivo

preceded by two others in a series; 3d or 3rd

next below the second in rank, power, value, merit, excellence, etc.

designating any of the three equal parts of something

avverbio

in the third place, rank, group, etc.

sostantivo

the one following the second

any person, thing, class, place, etc. that is third

any of the three equal parts of something; 1⁄3

the third forward gear of a transmission: it provides more speed but less torque than second

9. Baseball

third base

10. Music

the third tone of an ascending diatonic scale, or a tone two degrees above or below any given tone in such a scale; mediant

the interval between two such tones, or a combination of them

Parola origine third

ME thirde, altered by metathesis < thridde < OE thridda < IE *tṛtiyo- (< base *trei-, three) > L tertius, Gr tritos

Frequenza

third in British

(θɜːd )

aggettivo (usually prenominal)

coming after the second and preceding the fourth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of three: often written 3rd

(as noun)

he arrives on the third

the third got a prize

rated, graded, or ranked below the second level

denoting the third from lowest forward ratio of a gearbox in a motor vehicle

sostantivo

one of three equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, etc

(as modifier)

a third part

the fraction equal to one divided by three (1⁄3)

the forward ratio above second of a gearbox in a motor vehicle. In some vehicles it is the top gear

the interval between one note and another three notes away from it counting inclusively along the diatonic scale

one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other

8. British

an honours degree of the third and usually the lowest class

Full term: third class honours degree

9. (plural)

goods of a standard lower than that of seconds

avverbio

10. Also: thirdly

in the third place

connettore della frase

11. Also: thirdly

as the third point: linking what follows with the previous statements as in a speech or argument

Parola origine third

Old English thirda, variant of thridda; related to Old Frisian thredda, Old Saxon thriddio, Old High German drittio, Old Norse thrithi, Latin tertius

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