Spent Time Playing Computer Leisure Games Hours Noun

• according to this pie chart, a third of students’ leisure time is spent watching tv.
• one in five hours is/are spent socializing.
• socializing accounts for/makes up/comprises about 20% of leisure time.
• students spend twice as much time playing computer games as doing sport.

third

1. each of three equal parts of something
• According to this pie chart, a third of students’ leisure time is spent watching TV.
• One in five hours is/are spent socializing.
• Socializing accounts for/makes up/comprises about 20% of leisure time.
• Students spend twice as much time playing computer games as doing sport.
• Three times as many hours are spent playing computer games as reading.
• The figure for playing computer games is three times higher than the figure for reading.
• The largest proportion of time is spent playing computer games.
2. a level of university degree at British universities that is lower than average
• compare first
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Extra Examples

• He divided the money into thirds.
• Most of the pupils’ marks were in the upper third of the range.
• Over a third of people questioned said they would consider cosmetic surgery.
• Over a third of sales were made over the Internet.
• The discount is a third to a half of the full price.
• the last third of the novel

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.).