twenty-ninth

[twen-tee-nahynth, twuhn-]

adjective

1. next after the twenty-eighth; being the ordinal number for 29.

2. being one of 29 equal parts.

noun

1. a twenty-ninth part, especially of one (1/29).

2. the twenty-ninth member of a series.

Example Sentences

The subprime market tapped a segment of the American public that did not typically have anything to do with Wall Street: the tranche between the fifth and the twenty-ninth percentile in their credit ratings.

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Iowa becomes the twenty-ninth state, a free state.

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I replay the footage for the twenty-ninth time.

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And then, on the twenty-ninth move, with the position equal, Fischer engaged in one of the most dangerous gambles of his career.

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“And you’d best let me run it my way, Mr. Martin, or I will reschedule this hearing for October twenty-ninth.”

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