third

adjective · noun · verbA2

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Tính từ

adjective
  1. 1.

    (not comparable)The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.

    The third tree from the left is my favorite.

Danh từ

noun
Plural noun:
thirds
  1. 1.

    (countable, uncountable)The person or thing in the third position.

    Jones came in third.

  2. 2.

    (countable, uncountable)One of three equal parts of a whole.

    He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds.

    Đồng nghĩa: one-third, ⅓, 1/3

  3. 3.

    (abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis, uncountable)Ellipsis of third gear (of a gearbox).

    Now put it into third.

  4. 4.

    (countable, uncountable)(music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.

    They sing in thirds.

  5. 5.

    (countable, uncountable)(baseball) third base

    The play ended with Jones standing on third.

  6. 6.

    (countable, uncountable)(golf) A handicap of one stroke every third hole.

  7. 7.

    (countable, uncountable)A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme

  8. 8.

    (archaic, countable, uncountable)One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system.

    Đồng nghĩa: tierce

Động từ

verb
V_es/s
thirds
V_ing/Gerund
thirding
V_ed/pp
thirded
  1. 1.

    (informal)To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.

  2. 2.

    To divide into three equal parts.

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Đồng nghĩa

one-third⅓1/3tierce3rd3dIIIrdIIItertiary3rd, 3d, IIIrd, III, tertiary

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Nguồn gốc từ

tréyes From Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô, from Pre-Germanic *tretyós, a remodeling of Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós.

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