twentieth

[ twen-tee-ith, twuhn- ]

/ ˈtwɛn ti ɪθ, ˈtwʌn- /

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Definition of twentieth

adjective

next after the nineteenth; being the ordinal number for 20.

being one of 20 equal parts.

noun

a twentieth part, especially of one (1/20).

the twentieth member of a series.

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Origin of twentieth

before 900; Middle English twentithe,Old English twentigotha.See twenty, -eth²

Words nearby twentieth

twelve-string guitar, Twelve Tables, twelve-tone, twelve-tone row, twelve-tone technique, twentieth, Twentieth Amendment, twenty, Twenty20, twenty-eight, twenty-eighth

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How to use twentieth in a sentence

It’s figuring out how to do all this, and choosing the exact route through the track and around those obstacles, while recalculating the path it wants to take each twentieth of a second.
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For example, a high-contrast signal will arrive a twentieth of a second faster than a low-contrast signal.
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The second lesson is that no one writing before the twentieth century holds a key to our problems.
American Democracy Under Threat for 250 Years|Jedediah Purdy|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Whatever the true figure, it was a massacre of twentieth-century proportions.
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FoxFaith, established in 2006 by Twentieth Century-Fox, flew under the radar for awhile, and died a quick death.
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Beside the fact that they are two of the greatest draughtsmen of the twentieth century.
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In 1975, Rüdiger Heim, approaching his twentieth birthday, decided that he had to see his father again.
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Hereditary legislation in the twentieth century and the most civilized country in the world!
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
The payment for this drainage was to be one-twentieth part of the ore raised by the different mines.
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When the men landed upon the moon in the twentieth century, they did not find it at first.
Old Friends Are the Best|Jack Sharkey
It is an old, straggling place that seems to be little in harmony with the progress of the Twentieth Century.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, I was by the great river, which is the Tigris.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various

British Dictionary definitions for twentieth

twentieth

/ (ˈtwɛntɪɪθ) /

adjective

(usually prenominal)

coming after the nineteenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of twenty: often written 20th
(as noun)he left on the twentieth

noun

one of 20 approximately equal parts of something
(as modifier)a twentieth part

the fraction that is equal to one divided by 20 (1/20)

Word Origin for twentieth

from Old English twentigotha

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