thirds
Because it is a word with a single syllable, thirds is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofthirds
- The person or thing in the third position.
Example: "Jones came in third."
- One of three equal parts of a whole.
Example: "He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds."
- The third gear of a gearbox.
Example: "Now put it into third."
- An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
Example: "They sing in thirds."
- Third base
Example: "The play ended with Jones standing on third."
- A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
- A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
- One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. Also formerly known as a tierce.
- To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.
- To divide into three equal parts.
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