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Third vs Twothirds - What's the difference?

third | twothirds |

As nouns the difference between third and twothirds

is that third is the person or thing in the third position while twothirds is (nonstandard) two thirds; the amount or proportion corresponding to two out of three.

As an adjective third

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

As a verb third

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

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.

    • Related terms

    * major third * minor third * third gear * third person (Third person)

    See also

    * interval

    Anagrams

    * English ordinal numbers 1000 English basic words

    twothirds

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (nonstandard) Two thirds; the amount or proportion corresponding to two out of three.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 24, author=Damien Cave, title=Iraq Parliament Finds a Quorum Hard to Come By, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Though the Constitution grants Iraq’s only elected body wide powers to pass laws and investigate, sectarian divisions and the need for a twothirds majority in some cases have often led to deadlock. }}