fifteenth Definition
fif·teenth (fif′teent̸h′)
adjective
- preceded by fourteen others in a series; 15th
- designating any of the fifteen equal parts of something
Etymology: ME fiftenthe < fifteotha < fiftene: see fifteen & -th
noun
- the one following the fourteenth
- any of the fifteen equal parts of something;
adverb
in the fifteenth place, rank, group, etc.
fifteenth Usage Examples
Converse of object
finish: During the 1930's Sir Ronald could be found racing cars and drove for Lagonda in the 1935 Le Mons, finishing fifteenth.
Adjective modifier
late: The earliest phase was a hall and two story cross wing, probably of late fifteenth or early sixteenth century.
Modifies a noun
- century: By the fifteenth century, much of the wool clip was being made into cloth in England.
- birthday: My fifteenth birthday is the ideal point to run away from home.
- anniversary: Absent Friends recounts a dinner party, at which three old friends mark a fifteenth anniversary.
- chapter: For decades, the fifteenth chapter of Luke has been the center of my study of the New Testament.
- week: As I write, it starts its fifteenth week of shooting.
- tower: What ever you do, do not miss the fifteenth century clock tower and the Eglise Notre Dame.
Modifying Another Word
- mainly: The impressive ruins of its mainly fifteenth century cathedral are beautifully situated beside the Tay.
- probably: Among the " anonymous treatises " translated at the end of this volume is a late ( probably fifteenth century ) treatise on insolubles.
Preposition: in
world: Britain ranks only fifteenth in the world in terms of the UN's Gender Empowerment Measure ( GEM ).
Preposition: of
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