Twentieth
[ˈtwentiəθ]
Definition
(noun.) position 20 in a countable series of things.
(adj.) coming next after the nineteenth in position .
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Definition
(a.) Next in order after the nineteenth; tenth after the tenth; coming after nineteen others; -- the ordinal of twenty.
(a.) Consisting, or being, one of twenty equal parts into which anything is divided.
(n.) The next in order after the nineteen; one coming after nineteen others.
(n.) The quotient of a unit divided by twenty; one of twenty equal parts of one whole.
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Examples
- We have given an epitome of the development of the submarine vessel up to the opening of the twentieth century. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But the old faith of the kings, owners, and rulers of the opening twentieth century had faded under the actinic light of scientific criticism. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Twentieth Century may give us more light. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The little girl whom Adrian had rescued from utter desertion, during our ride through London on the twentieth of November, died at Auxerre. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- And so it continued to do to the dawn of the twentieth century. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For in the first years of the Twentieth Century, Roosevelt spoke for this nation, as few presidents have spoken in our history. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- On the twentieth, there came a note from Mr. Godfrey. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He objected to the parallelism with a twentieth-century crowd. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In her four-and-twentieth year of life, Pleasant was already in her fifth year of this way of trade. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- St. Peter's did not look nearly so large as the capitol, and certainly not a twentieth part as beautiful, from the outside. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But as a fact of immediate politics, as a touchstone applied quickly to all the acts of statecraft in America it belongs to the Twentieth Century. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- On the twentieth of November, Adrian and I rode for the last time through the streets of London. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The tax of the king of Spain upon gold is only one-twentieth part of the standard metal, or five per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The luctuosa hereditas, the mournful succession of ascendants to descendants, to the twentieth penny only. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This twentieth part seems to be the whole rent which is paid by the greater part of the gold mines of Chili and Peru. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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