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-th

1
  1. a suffix forming nouns of action (birth ) or abstract nouns denoting quality or condition (depth; length; warmth ).



-th

2
  1. a suffix used in the formation of ordinal numbers (fourth, tenth ), in some cases, added to altered stems of the cardinal (fifth; twelfth ).

-th

3
  1. variant of -eth.

    doth.

Th

4
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. thorium.

Th.

5

abbreviation

  1. Thursday.

T.H.

6

abbreviation

  1. Territory of Hawaii.

-th

1

suffix

  1. (from verbs) indicating an action or its consequence

    growth

  2. (from adjectives) indicating a quality

    width

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-th

2

suffix

  1. forming ordinal numbers

    fourth

    thousandth

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Th

3

symbol

  1. thorium

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

th

4

abbreviation

  1. Thailand

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -th1

Middle English -th ( e ), Old English -thu, -tho, -th (variant -t after a velar, f, or s ); cognate with Gothic -itha, Latin -tus, Greek -tos

Origin of -th2

Middle English -the, -te, Old English -tha, -the (variant -ta after f or s ); cognate with Old Norse -thi, -di, Latin -tus, Greek -tos; -eth 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -th1

from Old English -thu, -tho

Origin of -th2

from Old English -( o ) tha, -( o ) the
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Example Sentences

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Th suit claims they failed to take action despite Vidal’s testimony vindicating Saldana.

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Weyland-Yutani’s primary mainframe, MU/TH/UR, has mercenary reasons for that choice, but for the bulk of “Badlands” and even after that twist is revealed, Thia persuades Dek that empathy can be as useful in his arsenal as she is, especially in seeing the value of a small being they pick up along the way that she calls Bud.

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Both could easily be undefeated as well - especially the Rams as their two defeats came in overtime against th 49ers and then that agonising loss in Philadelphia when they had a game-winning field goal with the last kick blocked and returned by the Eagles for a touchdown.

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“To supplement not having F and V and Th and M, we have consonant clusters like jl and cht … that we don’t have in English, but they can be made lower in the throat.”

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Live text commentary will begin from 20:00 GMT on th BBC Sport website and app, covering all the build-up to the main event.

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