third-party

third-party adjective: of or relating to a third party.

Adjective

third-party (not comparable)

Of or relating to a third party.
1. (hardware) Of products, created or published by an independent publisher or manufacturer or its internal development teams, as opposed to first-party and second-party.
  - a third-party video game; a third-party character; third-party hardware
  - Not all of my vibecoding experiments have been successful. I've been struggling for weeks to build an "inbox autopilot" tool capable of responding to my emails automatically, in my writing style. I've encountered roadblocks when trying to integrate A.I. work flows into apps like Google Photos and...2025 February 27, “Not a Coder? With A.I., Just Having an Idea Can Be Enough.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Mar...

third-party (third-person singular simple present third-parties, present participle third-partying, simple past and past participle third-partied)

To intervene in a fight between two players or teams, often allowing one to easily defeat both (sometimes seen as unfair).
- A very common mistake that Fortnite players make is being too exposed during their fights. The first step is to acknowledge that they can get third-partied.2022 February 12, Aakrit Sharma, “8 things Fortnite pros do during a 3rd party situation (& you should too)”, in Sportskeeda
- While the majority of players have given up with Seer, there are a select few who believe he still has a place in the meta. One of them is aceu, who recently explained on stream why Seer is still a strong pick due to his ability to "third-party" opponents.2022 April 27, Alex Garton, “Aceu claims Seer is actually "meta" in Apex Legends for third-partying”, in Dexerto

மூன்றாவதாள் சார்ந்த, இருவருமல்லாத முன்றாவது ஆளுக்குரிய, தொடர்பற்ற, உடனிலையாளருக்குரிய, உடனிலை அயலாருக்குரிய

I've encountered roadblocks when trying to integrate A.I. work flows into apps like Google Photos and iOS Voice Memos, which aren't designed to play well with third-party add-ons.2025 February 27, “Not a Coder? With A.I., Just Having an Idea Can Be Enough.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times...
Not only that, but you can also gauge the whereabouts of their target, making it easier to third-party them.2022 June 21, Josh Brown, Joseph Yaden, “Call of Duty: Warzone tips and tricks to win the war”, in Digital Trends:

Adjective
alternative form	3d-party
alternative form	3rd-party
Verb
third-person singular present	third-parties
present participle	third-partying
past participle	third-partied
past	third-partied

What does third-party mean?: Third-party means of or relating to a third party.
What is third-party in Tamil?: Third-party in Tamil is மூன்றாவதாள் சார்ந்த, இருவருமல்லாத முன்றாவது ஆளுக்குரிய, தொடர்பற்ற. See Third-party meaning in Tamil.
How do you use third-party in a sentence?: I've encountered roadblocks when trying to integrate A.I. work flows into apps like Google Photos and iOS Voice Memos, which aren't designed to play well with third-party add-ons.
What part of speech is third-party?: Third-party can be an adjective or a verb.

Adapted from Wiktionary: third-party (page history and authors); third-party (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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