fifteenth
next after the fourteenth; being the ordinal number for 15.
being one of 15 equal parts.
a fifteenth part, especially of one (1/15).
the fifteenth member of a series.
Music. the interval of two octaves.
Origin of fifteenth
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How to use fifteenth in a sentence
The fifteenth — Gary Creek, 39, one of three alleged leaders — was scheduled to surrender Thursday.
Sweeping indictment puts alleged leaders, members of prominent Baltimore drug ring behind bars | Emily Davies | June 3, 2021 | Washington PostThis edition of Fotofest, its fifteenth, is titled View From Inside: Contemporary Arab Video, Photography and Mixed Media Art.
Fotofest Brings Unprecedented Collection of Arab Photographic Art to U.S. | Yael Friedman | November 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOn this coming March fifteenth we will be unpopular with more millions of taxpayers than ever before.
A Tip of the Fedora to Elmer Lincoln Irey, the Patron Saint of the IRS | John L. Smith | July 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe most persistent story about the Garter was first recorded in the fifteenth century.
That he would camp near Lone Jack on the evening of the fifteenth, and wanted Thompson to join him thar.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. Dunn
Several laws for the resumption of Crown lands were passed by the Parliaments of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayDucking back through the firedoor, he ran quickly up to the sixteenth floor, up past the fifteenth.
The approximate date is probably about the middle of the fifteenth century.
Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey | Thomas PerkinsMany episcopal visitations took place during the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries.
Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey | Thomas Perkins
British Dictionary definitions for fifteenth
/ (ˈfɪfˈtiːnθ) /
coming after the fourteenth in order, position, time, etc. Often written: 15th
(as noun): the fifteenth of the month
one of 15 equal or nearly equal parts of something
(as modifier): a fifteenth part
the fraction equal to one divided by 15 (1/15)
an interval of two octaves
one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other, esp the one higher in pitch
an organ stop of diapason quality sounding a note two octaves higher than that normally produced by the key depressed; a two-foot stop
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