Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

third year

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.23 in modern English

Syllables: third year
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, year.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

the third year of high school; ninth grade (now grade 9 of junior high school)

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

third years (plural) 3rd year (alternative)

Questions

What does third year mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, year.

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