nineteenth

Speech parts

1. nineteenth - Noun

2. nineteenth - Adjective

3. nineteenth - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Following the eighteenth and preceding the twentieth; coming after eighteen others.

Constituting or being one of nineteen equal parts into which anything is divided.

The quotient of a unit divided by nineteen; one of nineteen equal parts of anything.

The next in order after the eighteenth.

An interval of two octaves and a fifth.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

19th fourteenth fifth eighth eleventh hundredth fortieth spouse denominator fifteenth fiftieth billionth nineteen arrondissement ninetieth
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Hypernyms

rank

Phrases with the word

early nineteenth-century january the nineteenth january nineteenth the early nineteenth century late nineteenth century half of the nineteenth century

Examples

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not. Gertrude Stein

I shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity of history if I can succeed in placing before the English of the nineteenth century a true picture of the life of their ancestors. Thomas Babington Macaulay

In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead. Erich Fromm

But I did not find any positive inspiration in my studies until I approached my nineteenth year. Georg Brandes

I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains. James A. Michener

All religions worthy of the name are now making great efforts to purify their doctrines and return to their original standpoint, all except Christianity! You surely know that the nineteenth century Christianity is not the religion taught by Christ. Christ's religion has been changed and corrupted. Virchand Gandhi

Close letter words and terms

nineteenish nineteenness nineteenpence Nineteenth Amendment nineteenth hole nineteenthly