third

In position number three, after the second.

• Our flat is on the third floor.
• She finished in third place.
• This is my third visit to London.

Similar words: 3rd, 3d, IIIrd, III

Common phrases: third place, third floor, third time

One of three equal parts of something.

• I ate a third of the cake.
• About one third of our income goes on rent.
• Divide the mixture into thirds.

How to use it: a/one third of something (A third of the class was absent.)

Similar words: one-third, ⅓, 1/3

Common phrases: a third, one third, third of something

The person, thing, or place that is number three in an order.

• Two guests arrived early; the third was late.
• She finished third in the race.
• I liked the first two books more than the third.

Common phrases: the third, a third, finish third

The distance in pitch from one musical note to the note two steps above it in a scale.

• Play a major third on the piano.
• The two singers sang in thirds.
• This chord contains a minor third.

Common phrases: major third, minor third, a third