third
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[θɜː(ɹ)d] [θɝd] [tɜjd] [-ɜː(ɹ)d] 
US WThird
- Third or 3rd may refer to:
- NounPLthirds
- 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.
- NU The third gear of an engine.
- Now put it into third.
- (music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
- They sing in thirds.
- (baseball) third base.
- The play ended with Jones standing on third.
- (archaic) One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. Also formerly known as a tierce.
- The person or thing in the third position.
- VerbSGthirdsPRthirdingPT, PPthirded
- To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.
- To divide into three equal parts.
- To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.
- Adjective
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The boxer knocked out his opponent in the third round.
- They created the better chances while Boro, looking every inch a troubled team, rarely looked like avoiding a third successive goalless home draw.
- The theme of the prodigal son recurs later in the third act.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The squeeze play is on. Jones bunts, and Smith scores from third!
- he so-called PIIIGS of Europe (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Iceland, Greece and Spain) are all in the bottom third.
- Darren Bent slotted in a Stewart Downing cross to give Villa hope but that was ended when defender Nemanja Vidic thumped in United's third.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of third in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Adjectives
- en third-rate
- en third-person
- en thirds
- en thirde
- en thirdly
Source: Wiktionary
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Grammatically, this word "third" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb.