Synonyms: third, third base
Definition: 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)
Usage: he is playing third
Similar words: position
Definition: (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
Usage: what position does he play?
Synonyms: third, third base
Definition: the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
Usage: he was cut down on a close play at third
Definition: a place that the runner must touch before scoring
Usage: he scrambled to get back to the bag
Synonyms: third, third gear
Definition: the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle
Usage: you shouldn't try to start in third gear
Similar words: gear, gear mechanism
Definition: a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
Synonyms: third
Definition: the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
Usage: a simple harmony written in major thirds
Similar words: musical interval, interval
Definition: the difference in pitch between two notes
Synonyms: one-third, third, tierce
Definition: one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
Usage: it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement
Similar words: common fraction, simple fraction
Definition: the quotient of two integers
Synonyms: third
Definition: following the second position in an ordering or series
Usage: a distant third; he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment
Similar words: rank
Definition: relative status
Usage: his salary was determined by his rank and seniority
Synonyms: 3rd, tertiary, third
Definition: coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
Similar words: ordinal
Definition: being or denoting a numerical order in a series
Usage: ordinal numbers; held an ordinal rank of seventh