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单词 fourteenth
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Definition of fourteenth in English:

fourteenth

ordinal number ˌfɔːˈtiːnθ
  • 1Constituting number fourteen in a sequence; 14th.

    the early fourteenth century
    his fourteenth birthday
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is not until the fourteenth chapter that an author gives the dates of works on their first occurrence; elsewhere, authors adopt a rather haphazard approach.
    • An earlier version of this article was presented at the fourteenth annual meeting in Colorado Springs.
    • Part of the fourteenth bay had been left open to provide daylight for the landing of the great staircase that ascends to the reading room.
    • The professor's book on farm estate planning is in its fourteenth edition.
    • The apartments are located in the fourteenth arrondissement, an unassuming but typical residential area in the south of Paris.
    • Manny's life was straight and narrow, until the night of January the fourteenth.
    • A cross is placed by the first of a series of imitative entries in the fourteenth bar of the fourth system, which occurs as the previous phrase reaches a cadence.
    • Our long-time supporter was principal sponsor of the conference and, for the fourteenth year running, is sponsoring the annual architecture awards.
    • This year, its fourteenth, the fair brings together thirty dealers from Europe and the United States.
    • Many people start to get squirmy and bored after the fourteenth or fifteenth viewing of a movie.
  • 2Each of fourteen equal parts into which something is or may be divided.

    three fourteenths of $79.5 million
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The executive board authorized the transfer of nine-fourteenths of the investment income from the net gold proceeds to be used for this purpose.
    • They give one-quarter of what they spend on weight-loss programs, and one fourteenth the amount spent on tobacco.
    • A loop of soft thread weighing one fourteenth of a grain caused the extreme tip to bend.
    • This suit is brought to recover the three-fourteenths of the amount so collected.
    • The daily probability of getting shot is about a fourteenth of the previous number, or 0.166 percent.

Rhymes

eighteenth, fifteenth, nineteenth, seventeenth, sixteenth, thirteenth, umpteenth
 
 

Definition of fourteenth in US English:

fourteenth

ordinal number
  • 1Constituting number fourteen in a sequence; 14th.

    the early fourteenth century
    his fourteenth birthday
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Our long-time supporter was principal sponsor of the conference and, for the fourteenth year running, is sponsoring the annual architecture awards.
    • Manny's life was straight and narrow, until the night of January the fourteenth.
    • An earlier version of this article was presented at the fourteenth annual meeting in Colorado Springs.
    • A cross is placed by the first of a series of imitative entries in the fourteenth bar of the fourth system, which occurs as the previous phrase reaches a cadence.
    • The professor's book on farm estate planning is in its fourteenth edition.
    • Part of the fourteenth bay had been left open to provide daylight for the landing of the great staircase that ascends to the reading room.
    • The apartments are located in the fourteenth arrondissement, an unassuming but typical residential area in the south of Paris.
    • This year, its fourteenth, the fair brings together thirty dealers from Europe and the United States.
    • Many people start to get squirmy and bored after the fourteenth or fifteenth viewing of a movie.
    • It is not until the fourteenth chapter that an author gives the dates of works on their first occurrence; elsewhere, authors adopt a rather haphazard approach.
  • 2Each of fourteen equal parts into which something is or may be divided.

    three fourteenths of $79.5 million
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The executive board authorized the transfer of nine-fourteenths of the investment income from the net gold proceeds to be used for this purpose.
    • A loop of soft thread weighing one fourteenth of a grain caused the extreme tip to bend.
    • This suit is brought to recover the three-fourteenths of the amount so collected.
    • The daily probability of getting shot is about a fourteenth of the previous number, or 0.166 percent.
    • They give one-quarter of what they spend on weight-loss programs, and one fourteenth the amount spent on tobacco.
 
 
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