third-class degree

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• third-class — adjective 1. ) of very low quality: THIRD RATE 2. ) relating to a very cheap and low standard of travel on trains and ships in the past 3. ) a third class degree is the lowest type of HONORS degree that you can get from a university in the U.K.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• third-class — 1) ADJ: ADJ n A third class degree is the lowest honours degree that can be obtained from a British university. 2) ADJ: usu ADJ n In the past, the third class accommodation on a train or ship was the cheapest and least comfortable accommodation …   English dictionary

• third-class — UK / US adjective 1) relating to a very cheap and low standard of travel on trains and ships in the past 2) a third class degree is the lowest type of honours degree that you can get from a university in the UK or Australia 3) of very low quality …   English dictionary

• third class — n [U] 1.) a cheap class of mail in the US, usually used for sending advertisements 2.) the lowest type of degree that is given by a British university 3.) old fashioned the cheapest and least comfortable part of a train or ship >third class… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• third class — ► NOUN 1) a set of people or things considered together as the third best. 2) Brit. the third highest division in the results of the examinations for a university degree. 3) US a cheap class of mail for unsealed printed material. 4) chiefly… …   English terms dictionary

• third class — noun 1. ) a type of cheap mail in the U.S., usually used for sending advertisements 2. ) uncount a very cheap and low standard of travel on trains and ships in the past 3. ) count the lowest grade that you can get for an HONORS degree from a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• third class — noun 1》 a group of people or things considered together as the third best. 2》 Brit. the third highest division in the results of the examinations for a university degree. 3》 US a cheap class of mail for unsealed printed material. 4》 chiefly… …   English new terms dictionary

• third class — UK / US noun Word forms third class : singular third class plural third classes 1) [countable] the lowest mark that you can get for an honours degree from a university in the UK or Australia 2) [uncountable] a very cheap and low standard of… …   English dictionary

• third-class — adj. Third class is used with these nouns: ↑degree …   Collocations dictionary

• Third — may refer to: 3 (number), such as the 3rd of something see also Ordinal number (linguistics) Fraction (mathematics), such as 1/3 1/60 of a second, or 1/3,600 of a minute[citation needed] Third World, economically underdeveloped nations Third… …   Wikipedia

• third — n. & adj. n. 1 the position in a sequence corresponding to that of the number 3 in the sequence 1 3. 2 something occupying this position. 3 each of three equal parts of a thing. 4 = third gear. 5 Mus. a an interval or chord spanning three… …   Useful english dictionary