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The person or thing in the third position.
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Jones came in third.
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One of three equal parts of a whole.
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He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds.
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The third gear of a gearbox.
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Now put it into third.
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An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
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They sing in thirds.
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Third base
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The play ended with Jones standing on third.
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A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
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A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
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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.