twentieth

Speech parts

1. twentieth - Noun

2. twentieth - Adjective

3. twentieth - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Next in order after the nineteenth; tenth after the tenth; coming after nineteen others; -- the ordinal of twenty.

Consisting, or being, one of twenty equal parts into which anything is divided.

The next in order after the nineteen; one coming after nineteen others.

The quotient of a unit divided by twenty; one of twenty equal parts of one whole.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

20th fourteenth twenty-one ordinal fifth twenty twenties fortieth sixty spouse vigesimal vicenary vicennial twenty-two xxii
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Hypernyms

rank

Phrases with the word

second and twentieth

Examples

20th-century history The Limerick boycott was an economic boycott waged against the small Jewish community for over two years in the first decade of the twentieth century. Source: Internet

According to archaeologists Oliver Creighton and Robert Higham, "the great country houses of the seventeenth to twentieth centuries were, in a social sense, the castles of their day". Source: Internet

According to Larry Ray "Critical Theory" has "become one of the most influential social theories of the twentieth century". Source: Internet

According to Anita Feferman, Tarski "changed the face of logic in the twentieth century". Source: Internet

Acceptance among physicists Throughout much of the twentieth century the Copenhagen interpretation had overwhelming acceptance among physicists. Source: Internet

Administrative law expanded greatly during the twentieth century, as legislative bodies worldwide created more government agencies to regulate the social, economic and political spheres of human interaction. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

TWENEX twenteen twenties twentieth anniversary twentieth century twentiethly