1. tenth - Noun
2. tenth - Adjective
3. tenth - Verb
4. tenth - Adjective Satellite
Next in order after the ninth; coming after nine others.
Constituting or being one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.
The next in order after the ninth; one coming after nine others.
The quotient of a unit divided by ten; one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.
The tenth part of annual produce, income, increase, or the like; a tithe.
The interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third.
A temporary aid issuing out of personal property, and granted to the king by Parliament; formerly, the real tenth part of all the movables belonging to the subject.
The tenth part of the annual profit of every living in the kingdom, formerly paid to the pope, but afterward transferred to the crown. It now forms a part of the fund called Queen Anne's Bounty.
Source: Webster's dictionaryNine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals. T. E. Lawrence
On this tenth day of June, 1940, the hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back of its neighbor. Franklin D. Roosevelt
He lives to build, not boast, a generous race; No tenth transmitter of a foolish face. Richard Savage
I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut. Billy Wilder
A loving wife is often blessed with the birth of a tenth child. Botswana Proverb
Nine other flavors and the taste of shit the tenth. Finnish Proverb