The fourteenth item in a series is the one that you count as number fourteen.
The Festival, now in its fourteenth year, has become a major international jazz event.
2. fraction
A fourteenth is one of fourteen equal parts of something.
fourteenth in British English
(ˈfɔːˈtiːnθ)
adjective
1.
a.
coming after the thirteenth in order, position, time etc. Often written: 14th
b.
(as noun)
the fourteenth in succession
noun
2.
a.
one of 14 equal or nearly equal parts of something
b.
(as modifier)
a fourteenth part
3.
the fraction equal to one divided by 14 (1⁄14)
fourteenth in American English
(ˈfɔrˈtinθ)
adjective
1.
preceded by thirteen others in a series; 14th
2.
designating any of the fourteen equal parts of something
noun
3.
the one following the thirteenth
4.
any of the fourteen equal parts of something; 1⁄14
adverb
5.
in the fourteenth place, rank, group, etc.
Word origin
ME fourtenthe, altered (after fourteen) < OE feowerteotha
Examples of 'fourteenth' in a sentence
fourteenth
They lived on the fourteenth floor of an apartment block which was still being built.
Marsden, Philip The Crossing-Place (1993)
Last month the average daily balance of bank lending rose for the fourteenth consecutive month.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He was due for a routine medical check on the fourteenth of the month.
Len Deighton Bomber
It was their fourteenth consecutive win together.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Second, the youth who left home before his fourteenth birthday proved to be extraordinarily intelligent.
Christianity Today (2000)
Then the fourteenth minute and a gap in the Wales defence.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
In the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, it was usually the voice of frustration.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
The team has gained eight points above expectations and we now have fourteenth place and 42 points as our central expectation.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They move into fourteenth place.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Theology has moved on since the fourteenth century, and no doubt there is a complex answer in the theology of grace.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
I scored in the fourteenth minute.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The first goal, in the fourteenth minute, just looked too easy.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He almost scored, too, in the fourteenth minute.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
British manufacturing production rose in July for the fourteenth consecutive month, adding to signs that the economic revival remains on track.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The increase of wealth brought about change: in the fourteenth century the leading merchants lived in fairly simple homes, with the ground floor used as a shop.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
He missed in the twelfth and fourteenth minutes, although his second effort did hit the upright, and fluffed his dropped goal attempt early in the second half.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In other languages
fourteenth
British English: fourteenth /ˈfɔːˈtiːnθ/ ADJECTIVE
The fourteenth item in a series is the one that you count as number fourteen.