14th
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- adjective
- /fɔrˈtɛnθ/
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decimocuarto
- She was excited to celebrate her 14th birthday with her friends this weekend.
- 14th century
- 14th Amendment
- protection under the 14th
Examples
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As early as the second part of the 14th century, the state began to separate itself from the sultan.
Academic text (2000) -
Eritrea became the 14th province of Ethiopia, but many Eritreans opposed the annexation.
Academic text (1990) -
All the carpeting on the 14th floor is to be removed.
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He'd almost invited her to his 14th birthday party two months ago.
Fiction book (2001) -
The Ottoman Empire was founded at the end of the 14th century and reached its zenith in the 15th century.
Academic text (2000) -
The report highlighted the achievements made in the 14th year of the project.
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The school's 14th annual science fair will take place in May.
Synonyms
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Next after the thirteenth in order
Surface Forms
Morphology
14th = 14 (transparent) = 14 + th
The suffix '-th' is a standard ordinal marker in English, making the meaning clear.
Etymology
14Th shows the position of the number fourteen in a list. It comes from the number fourteen, which is four + teen meaning 'ten', with the ending -th meaning 'in order', so 14th means 'after the thirteenth' or 'number fourteen' in a list.