twenty-third

American  

[twen-tee-thurd, twuhn-] / ˈtwɛn tiˈθɜrd, ˈtwʌn- /

adjective

1. next after the twenty-second; being the ordinal number for 23.

2. being one of 23 equal parts.

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noun

1. a twenty-third part, especially of one (1/23).

2. the twenty-third member of a series.

Example Sentences

Find the twenty-third term of a sequence where the first term is six and the common difference is four.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

Big Jessie celebrated her twenty-third birthday with pellet guns, which were given to her by a girlfriend.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 16, 2018

Bortles currently ranks twenty-third among quarterback with a passer rating of 83.2.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2017

But the service was a sequel of sorts to a failed effort which dated from several years before he joined Google in 1999, becoming its twenty-third employee.

From Time • Apr. 1, 2014

It allows for Maine to be admitted as the twenty-third state, a free state.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis