Converse of object

• finish: We slipped out of the top ten on leg five with James Henry finishing thirteenth in 17:04.

Adjective modifier

• early: During the twelfth century it expanded rapidly as a trading center and by the early thirteenth was one of the principal ports of England.

Modifies a noun

• century: By the early thirteenth century the fortunes of Bridport were on the up.

• birthday: On his thirteenth birthday, Joan treats him to a trip to London to buy his first pair of Levi's Jeans.

• chapter: The thirteenth chapter of Luke takes us deeper into the ministry of the gospel of God.

• anniversary: It will take place tomorrow, which is the thirteenth anniversary of the 1993 abolition of Soviet-era laws against male homosexuality.

• edition: Welcome to the thirteenth edition of the Law Careers Advice Network Newsletter.

• floor: She was reading the walls of the white granite wall on the northern side of the thirteenth floor.

Modifying Another Word

• early: Boro possibly early thirteenth century; 1326 ( BF, p. 87 ).

• even: Beside a common core of early matter, all these manuscripts contain law which is manifestly of twelfth and even thirteenth century origin.

Noun used with modifier

• boro: Boro thirteenth century ( BF, p. 97 ).

Used with adjective complement

• rank: Among 55 to 64 year-olds, Britain is ranked thirteenth among the thirty OECD nations.

Preposition: in

• series: This will be the thirteenth in a series of intrusion-detection workshops.

Preposition: of

• series: Clicking on Canals No 13 - The thirteenth of a regular series of articles on waterways on the internet.

• month: Of these, 13 were baptized on the thirteenth of that month.