twentieth

[twen-tee-ith, twuhn-]

adjective

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

2. being one of 20 equal parts.

noun

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

2. the twentieth member of a series.

ˈtwentieth

/ ˈtwɛntɪɪθ /

adjective

1. (usually prenominal)

   1. coming after the nineteenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of twenty: often written 20th

   2. ( as noun )

      he left on the twentieth

noun

1. 1. one of 20 approximately equal parts of something

   2. ( as modifier )

      a twentieth part

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of ˈtwentieth¹

before 900; Middle English twentithe, Old English twentigotha. See twenty, -eth ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of ˈtwentieth¹

from Old English twentigotha

Example Sentences

For one thing, recessions are no longer anywhere near as frequent as they used to be in the first half, indeed for most of the twentieth century.

Read more on MarketWatch

Lead pollution declined only after the late twentieth century.

Read more on Science Daily

Mosley’s introduction provides that frame, calling the combined tales “a twentieth century memoir” and linking them to the fight for liberation and equality.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Cheap and relatively easy to install, for the twentieth year in a row solar is the fastest growing electricity source.

Read more on BBC

At the peak, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, probably one out of every three Americans moved each year.

Read more on Salon