first base vs third

first base

noun
  • The base after home plate in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield. 

  • Completion of the first phase of an activity. 

  • Kissing, regarded as the first phase of a sexual relationship. 

  • The betting spot located immediately to the left of the dealer, which is first to receive cards and first to act. 

third

noun
  • third base 

  • The person or thing in the third position. 

  • One of three equal parts of a whole. 

  • The third gear of a gearbox. 

  • A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme 

  • An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale. 

  • A handicap of one stroke every third hole. 

adj
  • The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second. 

verb
  • To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded. 

  • To divide into three equal parts. 

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