twentieth
pronunciation
How to pronounce twentieth in British English:
UK [ˈtwentiəθ]
How to pronounce twentieth in American English:
US [ˈtwentiəθ]
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- Noun:
- position 20 in a countable series of things
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- Adjective:
- coming next after the nineteenth in position
Word Origin
- twentieth (adj.)
- 16c., from twenty + -th (1), replacing Middle English twentithe, from Old English twentigoða. The Twentieth Century Limited was an express train from New York to Chicago 1902-1967.
Example
- 1. It is only a pilot project , less than a twentieth of the size of most modern coal-fired plants .
- 2. The smaller girl was already quietly repeating the words of her song for the twentieth time .
- 3. If a man likes you , he 's going to like you whether you sleep with him on the first date , the fifth date or the twentieth date .
- 4. Foreign-currency reserves have been shrinking ; inflation is running at 12 % , tourism has slumped by a third ; strikes , crime and uncertainty reduced foreign investment last year to less than a twentieth of what it was in 2007 .