twentieth

[ twen-tee-ith, twuhn- ]

/ ˈtwɛn ti ɪθ, ˈtwʌn- /

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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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
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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And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
The Story of Noah's Ark From the Bible’s Book of Genesis|The Daily Beast|March 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The divine arts are too good to be wasted in a twentieth century drawing-room!
The Champagne Standard|Mrs. John Lane
Still, he grew calm after embracing Hatteras and Altamont for the twentieth time.
The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras|Jules Verne
Unfortunately, the twentieth century, so far, has been primarily concerned with the making of noise rather than music.
The Lure of the Pen|Flora Klickmann
They came of good pioneer stock who were tillers of the soil in the seventeenth century and still were in the twentieth.
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I had just tucked him in safely for the twentieth time when at 12.30 I heard the throb of an engine.
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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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