thirteenth

[ thur-teenth ]

/ ˈθɜrˈtinθ /

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adjective

next after the twelfth; being the ordinal number for 13.

being one of 13 equal parts.

noun

a thirteenth part, especially of one (1/13).

the thirteenth member of a series.

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Origin of thirteenth

before 900; thirteen + -th²; replacing Middle English thrittenthe (see three, tenth), Old English thryttēotha (see tithe)

Words nearby thirteenth

thirst trap, thirsty, thirteen, Thirteen Colonies, thirteen-lined ground squirrel, thirteenth, Thirteenth Amendment, thirteenth chord, thirtieth, thirty, Thirty days hath September

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How to use thirteenth in a sentence

Buffalo ranked tenth in the nation, while Detroit and Pittsburgh ranked twelth and thirteenth, respectively.
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In The Thirteenth Turn, Shuler does some good, important work.
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Venezuela ranks first in South America and thirteenth globally as an arms buyer, but that hardly translates into security.
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Same goes for Illinois, New Jersey and thirteenth-place Massachusetts.
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Meanwhile, South Korea is both the thirty-seventh freest country in the world and the thirteenth richest.
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On the thirteenth of the same month they bound to the stake, in order to burn alive, a man who had two religious in his house.
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The carved stone screen is one of the most elaborate and perfect in Britain, and dates back from the Thirteenth Century.
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Those three dead men on the thirteenth floor of that office building had acted like an aphrodisiac on Wilson Lamb.
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The thirteenth century abbesses followed one another in quick succession, no good thing for the discipline of the abbey.
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The memory of the terrible crusade in the thirteenth century inspired fiery poems among them.
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British Dictionary definitions for thirteenth

thirteenth

/ (ˈθɜːˈtiːnθ) /

adjective

(usually prenominal)

coming after the twelfth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of thirteen: often written 13th
(as noun)Friday the thirteenth

noun

one of 13 equal or nearly equal parts of something
(as modifier)a thirteenth part

the fraction equal to one divided by 13 (1/13)

music

an interval of one octave plus a sixthSee also interval (def. 5)
short for thirteenth chord

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