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[ twen-tee-ith, twuhn- ] / ˈtwɛn ti ɪθ, ˈtwʌn- /
adjectivenext after the nineteenth; being the ordinal number for 20. being one of 20 equal parts. nouna twentieth part, especially of one (1/20). the twentieth member of a series. Origin of twentiethbefore 900; Middle English twentithe,Old English twentigotha.See twenty, -eth2 Words nearby twentiethtwelve-string guitar, Twelve Tables, twelve-tone, twelve-tone row, twelve-tone technique, twentieth, Twentieth Amendment, twenty, Twenty20, twenty-eight, twenty-eighth Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for twentiethThe 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. Bible Flicks Move Beyond the B-List|Lewis Beale|August 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Beside the fact that they are two of the greatest draughtsmen of the twentieth century. The Art World’s New Gang War|Anthony Haden-Guest|May 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST In 1975, Rüdiger Heim, approaching his twentieth birthday, decided that he had to see his father again. Hunting Down Aribert Heim, Egypt’s Hidden Nazi|Nicholas Kulish, Souad Mekhennet|March 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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. At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins|Nell Speed I had just tucked him in safely for the twentieth time when at 12.30 I heard the throb of an engine. Fanny Goes to War|Pat Beauchamp
British Dictionary definitions for twentieth
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 twentiethfrom Old English twentigotha Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |