twentieth
Pronunciation: [ˈtwɛntiəθ]
Word
Context: “ordinal number”
(adjective) the number that comes after nineteenth and before twenty-first. It is used to describe something that is in place number twenty in a sequence, like in a race or a list.
Example
She finished in twentieth place in the running competition.
Example
He did not come in twentieth; he actually finished fifteenth.
Example
What was the twentieth book you read this year?
Context: “ordinal number”
(noun) the term used to refer to the position or rank of twenty out of a group. It indicates something that belongs to the twentieth position.
Example
The twentieth of May is a special day for us.
Example
The event is not happening on the twentieth; it will occur on the twenty-first.
Example
Is your birthday on the twentieth of this month?
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