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- [tenth]
- /tɛnθ/
- /tenθ/
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- [tenth]
- /tɛnθ/
Definitions of tenth word
- adjective tenth next after ninth; being the ordinal number for ten. 1
- adjective tenth being one of ten equal parts. 1
- noun tenth one of ten equal parts, especially of one (1/10). 1
- noun tenth the member of a series preceding the eleventh and following the ninth. 1
- noun tenth Music. a tone distant from another tone by an interval of an octave and a third. the interval between such tones. the harmonic combination of such tones. 1
- noun tenth Also called tenth's place. (in decimal notation) the position of the first digit to the right of the decimal point. 1
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Origin of tenth
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
before 1150; Middle English tenthe, Old English. See ten, -th2, tithe
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Parts of speech for Tenth
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tenth popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
tenth usage trend in Literature
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