THIRD

Third

Third is the third studio album by English musical group Portishead, released on 27 April 2008, on Island Records in the United Kingdom, two days after on Mercury Records in the United States, and on 30 April 2008 on Universal Music Japan in Japan. It is their first release in 10 years, and their first studio album in eleven years. Third entered the UK Album Chart at #2, and became the band's first-ever American Top 10 album on the Billboard 200, reaching #7 in its entry week.

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third

Noun

  1. The person or thing in the third position.
    Jones came in third.
  2. One of three equal parts of a whole.
    He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds.
  3. The third gear of an engine.
    Now put it into third.
  4. An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
    They sing in thirds.
  5. third base
    The play ended with Jones standing on third.
  6. 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.

Verb

  1. To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.
  2. To divide into three equal parts.

Adjective

  1. The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
    The third tree from the left is my favorite.


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