Third | Mean of third in English Dictionary

/ˈθɚd/

• occupying the number three position in a series
1. We sat in the third row.
2. the third house on the left
3. the author's third novel
4. C is the third letter in the alphabet.
5. That's the third time I've seen him today.
6. The office is on the third floor.
• next to the second in importance or rank
1. I won third prize.
2. Do you have a third choice?
• equal in size, value, amount, etc., to one third of something
1. a third share in the profits
2. a third pound of cheese

• used to refer to the third forward gear or speed of a vehicle
1. shift into third gear
• Noun
• something that is third
1. We arrived on the third of October. [=on October 3]
2. The win was his third of the year.
• one of three equal parts of something
1. a third of the pie
2. Rent costs two-thirds of my paycheck.
3. She divided the cookie into thirds.
• the third forward gear or speed of a vehicle
1. He shifted to/into third.
• an undergraduate degree of the lowest level from a British university
1. He took/received a third in history.