15th
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- adjective
- /fɪfˈtiːnθ/
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decimoquinto
- After the 14th player finished, it was finally my turn as the 15th participant.
- 15th century
- 15th percentile
- 15th annual
Examples
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In most cases, this happened during the 14th or 15th week of student teaching.
Academic text (2005) -
The 15th and final round.
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- For the 15th time.
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This is the 15th take.
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The 15th time is the charm.
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I don't know how many times we've called her now, but this has got to be the 15th time.
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Mrs. Manley is in her 15th year of teaching in a fourth-grade classroom.
Academic text (2012) -
His latest book is based on the diary of a 15th-century high-caste woman.
Fiction book (1995) -
Francisco de Vitoria, O.P., was born in Burgos in the late 15th century; the exact date is uncertain.
Academic text (2008) -
Dick Whittington, probably the most famous London Lord Mayor, in the early 15th century, left money in trust for water troughs and children's education, and that charity is still giving out money.
Synonyms
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Coming after the fourteenth in order
Surface Forms
Morphology
15th = 15 (transparent) = 15 + th
The form '15' plus the ordinal suffix '-th' directly indicates the fifteenth position, which is obvious to learners familiar with numerals and ordinal marking.
Etymology
15Th is the short written form of fifteenth, which comes from fifteen plus the ending -th that marks 'order' or 'position'. So, 15th means being number fifteen in order.