Twentieth Definition

twĕntē-ĭth, twŭn-
noun
The ordinal number matching the number 20 in a series.
American Heritage
The one following the nineteenth.
Webster's New World
Any of the twenty equal parts of something;120
Webster's New World
A person or thing in the twentieth position.
Wiktionary
adjective
Preceded by nineteen others in a series; 20th.
Webster's New World
Designating any of the twenty equal parts of something.
Webster's New World

The ordinal form of the number twenty.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
adverb
In the twentieth place, rank, group, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Twentieth

Noun

Singular:
twentieth
Plural:
twentieths

Origin of Twentieth

  • twenty +"Ž -eth

    From Wiktionary

Twentieth Sentence Examples

  • At the beginning of the 20th century the Baptist Union collected a "Twentieth Century Fund" of £250,000, which has largely assisted the formation of new churches, and gives an indication of the unity and virility of the denomination.

  • The rocket slammed into an ambulance parked in front of Andre's, the brilliant explosion throwing heat and light that reached her on what she estimated was the twentieth floor.

  • He succeeded his father probably in 245 B.C., in his twentieth year.

  • But before the twentieth century, this was not the case and actual famines were much more common.

  • At Nancy Charles was himself among the slain, leaving his only daughter Mary of Burgundy, then in her twentieth year, sole iheiress to his possessions.

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