Definition of third

• one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"
• 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"
• following the second position in an ordering or series; "a distant third"; "he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment"