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[ thur-teenth ] / ˈθɜrˈtinθ /
adjectivenext after the twelfth; being the ordinal number for 13. being one of 13 equal parts. nouna thirteenth part, especially of one (1/13). the thirteenth member of a series. Origin of thirteenthbefore 900; thirteen + -th2; replacing Middle English thrittenthe (see three, tenth), Old English thryttēotha (see tithe) Words nearby thirteenththirst trap, thirsty, thirteen, Thirteen Colonies, thirteen-lined ground squirrel, thirteenth, Thirteenth Amendment, thirteenth chord, thirtieth, thirty, Thirty days hath September Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for thirteenthBuffalo ranked tenth in the nation, while Detroit and Pittsburgh ranked twelth and thirteenth, respectively. The Rustbelt Roars Back From the Dead|Joel Kotkin, Richey Piiparinen|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST In The Thirteenth Turn, Shuler does some good, important work. The Twisted History of the Noose|Kevin Canfield|August 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST Venezuela ranks first in South America and thirteenth globally as an arms buyer, but that hardly translates into security. Venezuela’s Agony: Weak President, Strong Generals, Riots and Cocaine|Marcel Ventura|April 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST Meanwhile, South Korea is both the thirty-seventh freest country in the world and the thirteenth richest. Is North Korea the Only Alternative?|Noah Kristula-Green|May 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I tried to sneak him into Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth, clearly one of my great triumphs. ‘Game Change’ and ‘21 Jump Street’: Screenwriters Danny Strong and Michael Bacall on Writing|Michael Bacall, Danny Strong|March 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST Eschenbach (eshen-ba˙h), Wolfram von, German medival poet or minnesinger, flourished in the first half of the thirteenth century. The New Gresham Encyclopedia|Various During the thirteenth century the severities against the usurers were not relaxed. In the thirteenth century political poems were written chiefly in Latin or French. Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose|Various The Rue du Fouarre—an old word meaning straw—was in the thirteenth century the most important street in Paris. The Commission in Lunacy|Honore de Balzac The castle, though it carries back its history to early in the thirteenth century, makes little figure in history. The Rivers of Great Britain: Rivers of the East Coast|Various
British Dictionary definitions for thirteenth
adjective(usually prenominal) - coming after the twelfth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of thirteen: often written 13th
- (as noun)Friday the thirteenth
noun- one of 13 equal or nearly equal parts of something
- (as modifier)a thirteenth part
the fraction equal to one divided by 13 (1/13) music - an interval of one octave plus a sixthSee also interval (def. 5)
- short for thirteenth chord
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