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The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.
A. A. Milne

Meaning of "third-rate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THIRD-RATE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THIRD-RATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Third-Rate is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES THIRD-RATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

third-rate

Third-rate

In the British Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks. Years of experience proved that the third rate ships embodied the best compromise between sailing ability, firepower, and cost. So, while first rates and second rates were both larger and more powerful, the third-rate ships were in a real sense the optimal configuration.

Definition of third-rate in the English dictionary

The definition of third-rate in the dictionary is not of high quality; mediocre or inferior.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THIRD-RATE

third person
third rail
third reading
Third Reich
Third Republic
third sector
third space
Third Way
Third World
third-degree burn
third-grader
third-party insurance
third-rater
thirdborough
thirdhand
thirdings
thirdly
thirds
thirdsman
thirdstream

WORDS THAT END LIKE THIRD-RATE

accurate
at any rate
capped-rate
celebrate
cheap-rate
corporate
cut-rate
demonstrate
first-rate
flat-rate
fourth-rate
generate
inaccurate
moderate
operate
premium-rate
rate
second-rate
separate
zero-rate

Synonyms and antonyms of third-rate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «THIRD-RATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «third-rate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of third-rate

Translation of «third-rate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THIRD-RATE

Find out the translation of third-rate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of third-rate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «third-rate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

三流
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de tercera categoría
570 millions of speakers

English

third-rate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तीसरे दर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الدرجة الثالثة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

третий курс
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

de terceira categoria
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিম্নতম প্রকারের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

troisième ordre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kadar ketiga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

drittklassigen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

三流の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

셋째 속도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tingkat ketiga
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hạng ba
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மூன்றாம் விகிதம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थर्ड-रेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

üçüncü sınıf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

terz´ordine
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Stawka trzecich
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

третій курс
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a treia rata de
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τρίτης κατηγορίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

derderangse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tredje klassens
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

third-rate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of third-rate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THIRD-RATE»

The term «third-rate» is normally little used and occupies the 111.988 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THIRD-RATE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about third-rate

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3 QUOTES WITH «THIRD-RATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word third-rate.
1
A. A. Milne
The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.
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Leo Rosten
First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.
3
Sarah Waters
I knew I'd always be a second-rate academic, and I thought, 'Well, I'd rather be a second-rate novelist or even a third-rate one'.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THIRD-RATE»

Discover the use of third-rate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to third-rate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Report of the National Academy of Sciences
Benton, iron-clad, third rate, of Mississippi squadron. Baron de Kalb, iron-clad, third rate, of Mississippi squadron. Chillicothe, iron-clad, fourth rate, of Mississippi squadron. Chickasaw, iron-clad, third rate, of Mississippi squadron. Catskill ...
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), 1864
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The Restoration Warship: The Design, Construction and Career ...
Employing original documents, individuals are shown to have influenced many aspects of the ship, which in turn, through this work, has now reserved its own place in maritime scholarship.
Richard Endsor, 2009
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The Miscellaneous Documents
Benton, iron-clad, third rate, of Mississippi squadron. Baron de Kalb, iron-clad, third rate, of Mississippi squadron. Chillicothe, iron-clad, fourth rate, of Mississippi squadron. Chickasaw, iron-clad, third rate, of Mississippi squadron. Catskill ...
The House of Representatives.The First Session of the Thirty-Eighth Congress.1863-'64., 1864
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The suburban gardener, and villa companion
The third-rate house is from about 17 ft. to 18 ft. wide in front, and from 28 ft, to 29 ft. deep. Houses of this class generally contain the same number of rooms as the largest size fourth-rate house, with an attic story over in addition. This story is ...
John Claudius Loudon, 1838
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American History According to Wikipedia: The history of ...
French fleet Ship Rate Guns Commander Notes Van Pluton Third rate 74 Captain François-Hector, Comte d'Albert de Rions[54] Marseillois Third rate 74 Captain Henri-César, Marquis de Castellane Masjastre[55] Bourgogne Third rate 74 ...
Wiki Nerds
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Hazard's United States Commercial and Statistical Register
$15 Second rate, Saw-mill: $500 Third rate, 309 Grist-mills. $5,000 Fourth rate, 3,000 Fifth do 1,500 Distilleries. $!,00 Third rate, 200 First rate. Second do First rate, Second do Third rate, Fourth do Tan-Yards. $2,000 1,500 Forges. $4,000 Third ...
Samuel Hazard, 1841
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The Statute Law of Kentucky: With Notes, Prælections, and ...
... forfeiture as if they had been given in to the commissioners of the district in which they lie. L*n4i clafsed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the lands in this state shall be divided into three classes, that is to say, first, second and third rate.
Kentucky, 1809
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First[--Third]: Report of the Commissioners Appointed to ...
500 X 278 on Second rate -— = 80 43 1728 Third rate 200 x 278 ^ ^ 1728 Fourth rate _ = 16-08 1728 cubic feet of pipeage water from each rate of building per day. — But as these quantities may be considered as being discharged in the ...
Great Britain. Metropolitan Sanitary Commission, 1848
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The Triumph of Being
Metaphysics provides us with a distinction, overall, between second- rate ego and first-rate soul in relation to the self (both personal and universal), and fourth- rate will and third-rate spirit in relation to the not-self (both personal and universal ); ...
John O'Loughlin, 2011
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Bringing the Judgement
In the physical context, the supreme being of the soul will be second- rate and therefore pleasurable, while, across the other side of the gender fence, the supreme being of the chemical context will be third- rate and therefore proud, and the ...
John O'Loughlin, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THIRD-RATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term third-rate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Donald Trump's third-rate ego monument: The billionaire wanna-be …
By comparison, anything Donald J. Trump has built as a monument to his ego has to be considered third-rate. Trump may think he's one of a kind, but that isn't ... «Salon, Jul 15»
2
Israeli artist Matan Ben-Cnaan wins BP Portrait Award
With its looming shadows, blistering sunlight, rigid poses and would-be penetrating gazes, it looks less like a portrait than the billboard for a third-rate TV ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
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'An Act of God' Review: The Almighty as A Third-Rate Comic
New York. Jim Parsons in 'An Act of God.' ENLARGE. Jim Parsons in 'An Act of God.' Photo: Jeremy Daniel. An Act of God. Studio 54, 254 W. 54th St., New York «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
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'Doctor Zhivago' plays like third-rate Russian take on 'Les Miz'
Fiery revolutionaries, overheated passions, power ballads belted to the balconies, an upstanding hero and a fanatical villain — hey, if it worked for “Les ... «New York Post, Apr 15»
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New powers for Wales dismissed as third-rate devolution
David Cameron and Nick Clegg give a speech inside the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, on devolving powers to Wales. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA. «The Guardian, Feb 15»
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Austin Mitchell's devastating parting blast to The Commons
Fellow members are the staunchest friends man ever had. There is no other Parliament like the English.' Sadly, all that's gone. It's still a club, but a third-rate one. «Daily Mail, Jan 15»
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Losing Scotland will make Britain a third-rate nation, says China
Britain will become a "third-rate nation", a mere tourist site and a "history museum" if Scotland votes for independence, according to the Chinese state-owned ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 14»
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How on earth did David Mitchell's third-rate fantasy make the Man …
If this merciless, roiling cauldron of third-rate fantasy poppycock doesn't finish you off, then Mitchell's ordinary, mortal characters responding to the existence of ... «Spectator.co.uk, Sep 14»
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Watergate and the White House: The 'Third-Rate Burglary' That …
Watergate and the White House: The 'Third-Rate Burglary' That Toppled a President. U.S. News summarized key Watergate dates and details and its impact on ... «U.S. News & World Report, Aug 14»
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Donald Trump Blasts Chicago Tribune's 'Third-Rate Architectural …
Reacting to the melodramatic declarations during a live phone interview on Today, Trump slammed Kamin: "This was started by a third-rate architectural critic for ... «NewsBusters, Jun 14»

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