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	third reading (third read\|ing) Pronunciation: /θɜːdˈriːdɪŋ/ noun a third presentation of a bill to a legislative assembly, in the UK to debate committee reports and in the US to consider it for the last time.		More words in this category adjournment debate backbencher caucus committee congress electoral college hung judicial review Lords temporal Minister of the Crown multiparty opposition parliamentary undersecretary private member Rules Committee safe seat senate sitting three-line whip Nearby Words third force Third International third man third market third party third person third position Third Programme third rail third reading Third Reich Third Republic third sector third ventricle third way Third World third-degree third-generation third-hand