third

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈθɜːrd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/θɝd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(thûrd)

Collocations for "third"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "third" in context.

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third

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
adj
  1. [finished, came, placed] third in the [race, competition]
  2. is third in [sales, quality]
  3. [information, help] from a third party
  4. third party [vendors, contractors, content, advertisers]
  5. third quarter [profits, spending]
  6. third world [countries, conditions]
  7. the third [year, month, day] in a row
  8. the third [edition, chapter, page]
  9. happened on the third day of
  10. the third generation of
  11. the third [largest, fastest]
  12. third round pick
  13. his third [foul, penalty]
n
  1. the [first, second, last, final] third
  2. the [last] third of the [field, match, play]
  3. a third of the [cake, profits, population]
  4. two thirds of [people, the population]
  5. thirty-three and a third
  6. the third of [October]
  7. [Henry, Charles, James] the Third
  8. music: a [major, minor] third
  9. cut the [cake, pie, pizza] into thirds
  10. put the [car, bike] into third
  11. took the [bend, corner, ramp] in third
  12. was the third to [arrive, finish]
additional examples
  1. the [first, second, last, final] third
  2. [finished, came, placed] third in the [race, competition]
  3. the [last] third of the [field, match, play]
  4. was a third-place finisher
  5. a third of the [cake, profits, population]
  6. is third in [sales, quality]
  7. two thirds of [people, the population]
  8. [information, help] from a third party
  9. thirty-three and a third
  10. third party [vendors, contractors, content, advertisers]
  11. the third of [October]
  12. third quarter [profits, spending]
  13. [Henry, Charles, James] the Third
  14. third world [countries, conditions]
  15. music: a [major, minor] third
  16. the third [year, month, day] in a row
  17. cut the [cake, pie, pizza] into thirds
  18. the third [edition, chapter, page]
  19. put the [car, bike] into third
  20. happened on the third day of
  21. took the [bend, corner, ramp] in third
  22. the third generation of
  23. was the third to [arrive, finish]
  24. the third [largest, fastest]
  25. third round pick
  26. his third [foul, penalty]
'third' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
C - Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday - apprenticeship - attempt - average - ballot - base - beat - bell - burn - chapter - charm - chime - coffee - conduct - country - degree - dimension - disclose - disclosure - division - down - duty - encounter - felony - floor - forth - full - generation - grid - husband - injure - insure - junior - league - left - level - mandate - manslaughter - narrative - paragraph - part - party - penalty - period - person - placed - population

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