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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tenth /tɛnθ/USA pronunciation adj. - next after ninth;
being the ordinal number for ten. - being one of ten equal parts.
n. [countable] - a tenth part, esp. of one (1&sfracdenom10&sfracend).
- the tenth member of a series.
adv. - in the tenth place;
tenthly.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tenth (tenth),USA pronunciation adj. - next after ninth;
being the ordinal number for ten. - being one of ten equal parts.
n. - one of ten equal parts, esp. of one (1⁄10).
- the member of a series preceding the eleventh and following the ninth.
- Music and Dance
- 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.
- MathematicsAlso called tenth's′ place′. (in decimal notation) the position of the first digit to the right of the decimal point.
adv. - in the tenth place;
tenthly.
- Middle English tenthe, Old English. See ten, -th2, tithe bef. 1150
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tenth /tɛnθ/ adj - (usually prenominal) coming after the ninth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of ten: often written 10th
- (as noun): see you on the tenth, tenth in line
n - one of 10 approximately equal parts of something
- (as modifier): a tenth part
- the fraction equal to one divided by ten ( 1⁄10)
adv - Also: tenthly after the ninth person, position, event, etc
Etymology: 12th Century tenthe, from Old English tēotha; see ten, -th² |