thirteenth
/ˌθəːˈtiːnθ
/ordinal number
1Constituting number thirteen in a sequence; 13th: the thirteenth century...
- The thirteenth amendment was necessary to make its provisions stick once the crisis had passed.
- The modes of dress during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries were various and ridiculous.
- When we unroll the sixth and the thirteenth centuries, and hang up the two side by side, we find that it is a contrasted picture that they exhibit.
2Each of thirteen equal parts into which something is or may be divided: twelve thirteenths...
- Unemployment benefits make up a mere one thirteenth of the cost of welfare overall.
- There are under a hundred million Brits living in a country less than one thirteenth the size of Texas.
- The townspeople built their own network, and now their bills are about $1.20 a month, a thirteenth the size of average monthly bills in places where the big players offer service.
