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fif·teenth (fifteent̸h)

adjective

  1. preceded by fourteen others in a series; 15th
  2. designating any of the fifteen equal parts of something

Etymology: ME fiftenthe < fifteotha < fiftene: see fifteen & -th

noun

  1. the one following the fourteenth
  2. 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

  • month: It is sent out on the first and the fifteenth of every month.
  • series: Clicking on Canals No 15 - The fifteenth of a regular series of articles on waterways on the internet.

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