third
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement
Types & categories
- common fraction hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
Related & opposite
- ordinal similar to
Sense 3 adverb
in the third place
third we must consider unemployment
Sense 4 noun
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
he is playing third
Types & categories
- position hypernym
Parts & wholes
- baseball team member holonym
Sense 5 noun
following the second position in an ordering or series
a distant third
Types & categories
- rank hypernym
Sense 6 noun
the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
a simple harmony written in major thirds
Types & categories
- musical interval hypernym
Sense 7 noun
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
Types & categories
- gear mechanism hypernym
Parts & wholes
- car part holonym
Sense 8 noun
the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
he was cut down on a close play at third
Types & categories
- bag hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | common fraction |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | ordinal |
| 4 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | baseball team |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | position |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | rank |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | musical interval |
| 7 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | car |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | gear mechanism |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | bag |