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Ordinal Number θɜːd θɜːrd Today Century Bc Birthday

Word3 third
WordType (ordinal number)
Phonetic /θɜːd/ /θɜːrd/
Example
  • today is the third (of may).
  • the third century bc
  • it's her third birthday.
  • my office is on the third floor.
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third

(ordinal number)/θɜːd/ /θɜːrd/
  1. 3rd
    • Today is the third (of May).
    • the third century BC
    • It's her third birthday.
    • My office is on the third floor.
    • It's the third time that I've been to America.
    • Her mother had just given birth to another child, her third.
    • the world’s third-largest oil exporter
    • He finished third in the race.
    • Edward III (= Edward the Third)
  2. used when you have failed to do something twice and hope that you will succeed the third time
  3. Word Origin

    • Old English thridda, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch derde and German dritte, also to three. The spelling thrid was dominant until the 16th cent. (but thirdda is recorded in Northumbrian dialect as early as the 10th cent.).
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