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s | third |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective third is

the ordinal form of the cardinal number three; coming after the second.

As a noun third is

the person or thing in the third position.

As a verb third is

to agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .
  • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
  • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    third

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
  • The third tree from the left is my favorite.

    Synonyms

    * ; III

    Noun

  • The person or thing in the third position.
  • Jones came in third .
  • One of three equal parts of a whole.
  • He ate a third''' of the pie. Divided by two-'''thirds .
  • (uncountable) The third gear of an engine.
  • Now put it into third .
  • (music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
  • They sing in thirds .
  • (baseball) third base
  • The play ended with Jones standing on third .
  • (archaic) One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. Also formerly known as a tierce.
  • Synonyms

    * (gear) third gear * (fractions)

    Derived terms

    * thirdness

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been .
  • To divide into three equal parts.
  • See also

    * interval