TWENTIETH Definition & Meaning

twentieth

[ twen-tee-ith, twuhn- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

next after the nineteenth; being the ordinal number for 20.
being one of 20 equal parts.

noun

a twentieth part, especially of one (1/20).
the twentieth member of a series.

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adjective

usually prenominal
1. coming after the nineteenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of twenty: often written 20th
2. ( as noun )
  he left on the twentieth

noun

1. one of 20 approximately equal parts of something
2. ( as modifier )
  a twentieth part
the fraction that is equal to one divided by 20 ( 1 20 )

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of twentieth¹

before 900; Middle English twentithe, Old English twentigotha. See twenty, -eth ²

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of twentieth¹

from Old English twentigotha

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At the peak, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, probably one out of every three Americans moved each year.

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He’s one of the most fascinating people of the twentieth century.

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For most of the twentieth century human beings who studied animals and human beings who used words to describe them were warned not to attribute “human” emotions to animals.

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It now files three-quarters of all clean tech patents, versus a twentieth at the start of the century.

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Even so, after Washington, few presidents took advantage of that opportunity until the middle of the twentieth century when President Harry Truman took up the baton.

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