Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
tenth
IPA transcription: [t'ɛnθ]
adverb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
tenth, 10th
Meaning:
coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
one-tenth, tenth, tenth_part, ten_percent
Meaning:
a tenth part; one part in ten equal parts
Usage examples
TENTH CHARACTERISTIC
When it was the Six Hundred and Tenth Night,
"The tenth of your income--that would be fine work."
I walked away, looking back almost at every tenth step.
I expect to be in Glasgow by the tenth of May at the latest."
"No, sonny, that ain't a tenth of what it's worth to me," he said.
In that kind of society they don't get drunk and blab after their tenth cocktail.
So that the one tenth in this case may be equal to more than the whole in the other."
The tenth century, among others, if my memory serves me rightly, was called the CENTURY OF IRON.
"Very strange Henry not being here to his breakfast!" remarked the planter, for about the tenth time.