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   Third-rate

   /ˌTHərdˈrāt/

   

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   • 1. of inferior or very poor quality: "a third-rate boarding house"

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   • 1. third-rater noun

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   What does third-rate mean?

   • If you describe something as third-rate, you mean that it is of a very low quality or standard. ...a third-rate movie. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. 1. 2.

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   What is a 3rd rate ship?

   • In the rating system of the 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 (thus the related term two-decker ). Years of experience proved that the third rate ships embodied the best compromise between sailing ability (speed, handling), firepower, and cost.

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   What is the difference between a first-rate and a third-rate ship?

   • So, while first-rates and second-rates were both larger and more powerful, third-rate ships were the optimal configuration. When the rating system was first established in the 1620s, the third rate was defined as those ships having at least 200 but not more than 300 men; previous to this, the type had been classified as "middling ships".

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   Is a French 74 a 3rd rate?

   • Note that the use of terms like "third-rate" in literature can lead to confusion: The French Navy had a different system of five rates or rangs, but some British authors use the Royal Navy's rating of "third rate" when speaking of a French 74. Rodger, N.A.M.

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   Third-rate definition: of the third rate, quality, or class.. See examples of THIRD-RATE used in a sentence.

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   Definitions of 'third-rate' If you describe something as third-rate, you mean that it is of a very low quality or standard. [...] More. Synonyms of 'third-rate' • mediocre, bad, inferior, indifferent [...] More. Examples of 'third-rate' in a sentence.

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   If you describe something as third-rate, you mean that it is of a very low quality or standard.

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   What does the word third-rate mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the word third-rate , one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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