third

US: /ˈθɝd/
UK: /θˈɜːd/


English Vietnamese dictionary


third /θə:d/
  • tính từ
    • thứ ba
      • third day: ngày thứ ba
      • third person: người thứ ba
  • danh từ
    • một phần ba
      • the third of 24 is 8: một phần ba của 24 là 8
    • người thứ ba; vật thứ ba; ngày mồng ba
      • the third of April: ngày mồng ba tháng tư
    • (âm nhạc) quãng ba; âm ba
    • (toán học); (thiên văn học) một phần sáu mươi của giây

Advanced English dictionary


ordinal number, noun
ordinal number 3rd
Help Note: There are examples of how to use ordinal numbers at the entry for fifth.
Idioms: third time lucky (AmE also third time is the charm) used when you have failed to do sth twice and hope that you will succeed the third time
+ noun
1 each of three equal parts of sth
2 ~ (in sth) a level of university degree at British universities, that is lower than average
Compare: FIRST n. (4), SECOND n. (7)

Collocation dictionary


ADJ.

first, middle, last
the last third of the novel
| bottom, lower | top, upper
Most of the pupils' marks were in the upper third of the range.

VERB + THIRD

divide sth into
He divided the money into thirds.

PREP.

~ of
Over a third of sales were made over the Internet.

PHRASES

about/almost/at least/over a third, between a third and a half, a third to (a) half
The discount is a third to a half of the full price.


Concise English dictionary


thirdsθɜrd /θɜːd
noun
+one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
+the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
+following the second position in an ordering or series
+the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
+the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle
+the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
adj.
+coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
+being one of three equal parts
adv.
+in the third place