Main entry: 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
Main entry: 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
Main entry: 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
Main entry: third
Definition: the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
Usage: a simple harmony written in major thirds
Main entry: 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
Main entry: 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
Main entry: 3rd, tertiary, third
Definition: coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
Definition: in the third place
Usage: third we must consider unemployment