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word third
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ordinal number
The third item in a series is the one that you count as number three.
I sleep on the third floor.
It was the third time one of his cars had gone up in flames.
He came third in the poll with 149 votes.
The attack was the third so far this year.
fraction
A third is one of three equal parts of something.
A third of the cost went into technology and services.
He divided their kingdom into thirds.
adverb
You say third when you want to make a third point or give a third reason for something.
First, interest rates may take longer to fall. Second, lending may fall. Third, bad loans could wipe out any improvement.
noun
A third is the lowest honours degree that can be obtained from a British university.
inflections thirds
cefr-level A1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1

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