third

being next after the second in place or time

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

5 Letters, 1 Syllable

third


3 Phonemes

T er d


onset, rime

th ird


Morpheme

third


Sentence Examples

We sat in the third row.

C is the third letter in the alphabet.

That's the third time I've seen him today.

The office is on the third floor.

The win was his third of the year.

Rent costs two-thirds of my paycheck.

She divided the cookie into thirds.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

tertiary

triennial

tertian

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

third

third way

third base

third class

third class

third-class

third party

third-rate

third degree

Neighborhood

Rhymes

bird

heard

word

Onset Friends

to

time

too

think

things

two

take

tell

thought

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