Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: one-third
IPA transcription: [w,ʌnθ'ɝd]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: one-third, third, tierce
    Meaning: one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"
Usage examples
  • About one-third of the junior class are going to resign from their clubs."
  • They had fought as only brave men can fight; they left one-third of their number on the field, killed and wounded.
  • The potatoes that the bread is made of should be mealy, and mixed with the flour in the proportion of one-third of potatoes to two-thirds of flour.
  • Senators were compelled to invest one-third of their fortunes in real estate in Italy; but this measure served only to increase the evil which they wished to cure.