THIRD

[pronoun], [noun], determiner, [adverb] [not gradable] - 3rd; related to 3the third optionthe third road on the rightthe third timethe third of SeptemberHe's had four wives and Sarah was the third.Third class/rate means of low quality.I don't want to work for some third rate company.(informal) The third degree is serious questioning and/or rough treatment to get information.They gave him the third degree to find out who his contacts were.I got the third degree when I got home last night.A third-degree burn is a very serious burn.(legal) A third party is a third person or organization less directly involved in a matter than the main people, etc. that are involved.Third-party insurance will pay money to a person or group damaged in some way by the person or group who have it.The Third Way is politics which tries to balance the development of business with the needs of society.Tony Blair claims that New Labour is the Third Way between capitalism and socialism.The Third World is a group word for the countries of Africa, Latin America and Asia which have less developed industries.a third-world country/economy