tenth
pronunciation
How to pronounce tenth in British English:
UK [tenθ]
How to pronounce tenth in American English:
US [tɛnθ]
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- Noun:
- a tenth part; one part in ten
- position ten in a countable series of things
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- Adjective:
- coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position
Word Origin
- tenth
- tenth: see tithe
- tenth (adj.)
- mid-12c., tenðe; see ten + -th (1). Replacing Old English teoða (West Saxon), teiða (Northumbrian), which is preserved in tithe. Compare Old Saxon tehando, Old Frisian tegotha, Dutch tiende, Old High German zehanto, German zehnte, Gothic taihunda. As a noun from c. 1200.
Example
- 1. The true figure could be a tenth higher , he believes .
- 2. In more advanced retailing systems , less than a tenth is lost .
- 3. The microsoft imagine cup competition is now in its tenth year .
- 4. Conservative reduce the number of mps by a tenth and hand more power to backbenchers .
- 5. Investment banking , its second business line , generates only a tenth of sales .