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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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