What does “the latter third of the year” mean?
I was reading a blog post on Rust's 2018 roadmap (Rust is one of programming languages), and saw a sentence like below.
We will continue to publish releases every six weeks as usual. But we will designate a release in the latter third of the year (Rust 1.29 - 1.31) as Rust 2018.
I was confused with what "the latter third of the year" means here, but couldn't any decent explanations out there.
Is this some kind of idiom or something?
Thank you for your help in advance.
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I was reading a blog post on Rust's 2018 roadmap (Rust is one of programming languages), and saw a sentence like below.
We will continue to publish releases every six weeks as usual. But we will designate a release in the latter third of the year (Rust 1.29 - 1.31) as Rust 2018.
I was confused with what "the latter third of the year" means here, but couldn't any decent explanations out there.
Is this some kind of idiom or something?
Thank you for your help in advance.
expressions idioms
asked 12 hours ago
Fumiya Shibusawa
62
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I was reading a blog post on Rust's 2018 roadmap (Rust is one of programming languages), and saw a sentence like below.
We will continue to publish releases every six weeks as usual. But we will designate a release in the latter third of the year (Rust 1.29 - 1.31) as Rust 2018.
I was confused with what "the latter third of the year" means here, but couldn't any decent explanations out there.
Is this some kind of idiom or something?
Thank you for your help in advance.
expressions idioms
asked 12 hours ago
Fumiya Shibusawa
62
I was reading a blog post on Rust's 2018 roadmap (Rust is one of programming languages), and saw a sentence like below.
We will continue to publish releases every six weeks as usual. But we will designate a release in the latter third of the year (Rust 1.29 - 1.31) as Rust 2018.
I was confused with what "the latter third of the year" means here, but couldn't any decent explanations out there.
Is this some kind of idiom or something?
Thank you for your help in advance.
expressions idioms
expressions idioms
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Fumiya Shibusawa
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asked 12 hours ago
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If you divide the year into three equal parts, they are "thirds of the year". By "The latter third of the year" Rust means the last of these three parts. So it means approximately from September to December. That is when he will "designate a release" which will be called "Rust 2018".
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GEdgar
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Really, thank you so much... at first I thought it says about quarters of the year as it was common, but it was divided by there parts so I was confused.
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If you divide the year into three equal parts, they are "thirds of the year". By "The latter third of the year" Rust means the last of these three parts. So it means approximately from September to December. That is when he will "designate a release" which will be called "Rust 2018".
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GEdgar
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Really, thank you so much... at first I thought it says about quarters of the year as it was common, but it was divided by there parts so I was confused.
– Fumiya Shibusawa
10 hours ago
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If you divide the year into three equal parts, they are "thirds of the year". By "The latter third of the year" Rust means the last of these three parts. So it means approximately from September to December. That is when he will "designate a release" which will be called "Rust 2018".
answered 11 hours ago
GEdgar
13.2k22044
Really, thank you so much... at first I thought it says about quarters of the year as it was common, but it was divided by there parts so I was confused.
– Fumiya Shibusawa
10 hours ago
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If you divide the year into three equal parts, they are "thirds of the year". By "The latter third of the year" Rust means the last of these three parts. So it means approximately from September to December. That is when he will "designate a release" which will be called "Rust 2018".
answered 11 hours ago
GEdgar
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If you divide the year into three equal parts, they are "thirds of the year". By "The latter third of the year" Rust means the last of these three parts. So it means approximately from September to December. That is when he will "designate a release" which will be called "Rust 2018".
answered 11 hours ago
GEdgar
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answered 11 hours ago
GEdgar
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answered 11 hours ago
GEdgar
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answered 11 hours ago
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Really, thank you so much... at first I thought it says about quarters of the year as it was common, but it was divided by there parts so I was confused.
– Fumiya Shibusawa
10 hours ago
add a comment |
Really, thank you so much... at first I thought it says about quarters of the year as it was common, but it was divided by there parts so I was confused.
– Fumiya Shibusawa
10 hours ago
Really, thank you so much... at first I thought it says about quarters of the year as it was common, but it was divided by there parts so I was confused.
– Fumiya Shibusawa
10 hours ago
Really, thank you so much... at first I thought it says about quarters of the year as it was common, but it was divided by there parts so I was confused.
– Fumiya Shibusawa
10 hours ago
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