Antonyms for
third
The ordinal form of the cardinal number three
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All Definitions for Third

Below are all the dictionary definitions of third:

1The ordinal form of the cardinal number three
2Coming after the second.
3The person or thing in the third position.
4One of three equal parts of a whole.
5Third base
6An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
7A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
8A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
9To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.
10One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system.
11To divide into three equal parts.
12Ellipsis of third gear (of a gearbox). [The third of the available gears in a transmission or other gearbox.]

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