third

nouncountable and uncountableA1UK /θɜːd/ US /θɝd/

The person or thing in the third position.
One of three equal parts of a whole.
An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
third base
A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme

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Two dogs fight for a bone, and the third runs away with it.

One third of the earth's surface is desert.