Noun
1. one of three equal parts of a divisible whole;
"it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"2. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near 3rd base;
"he is playing third"3. following the second position in an ordering or series;
"a distant third""he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment"4. the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it;
"a simple harmony written in major thirds"5. the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle;
"you shouldn't try to start in third gear"6. the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball;
"he was cut down on a close play at third"