20th
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- adjective
- /ˈtwɛntiθ/
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- The 20th century saw significant advancements in technology and culture.
- 20th century
- early 20th century
- late 20th century
Examples
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A dazzling story by one of the greatest writers of the 20th century.
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Early in the 20th century, however, such statistics were harder to come by.
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This is a 20th century time machine.
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I'm working on the most important book of the 20th century.
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Name one of the most influential presidents of the 20th century.
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I begin with the societal perspective by looking first at history, in particular the 20th century.
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According to the World Water Council, the world's population has tripled in the 20th century.
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The hallmark of all early 20th-century American fiction.
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Sarah Thomas gives a profile of America's most popular artist of the 20th century, Norman Rockwell.
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Inside was a small stateroom that resembled images I'd seen of early 20th-century transatlantic ocean liners.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
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The position after the nineteenth in a list
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Etymology
The word 20th is the short written form of twentieth, made from twenty plus the ordinal ending -th, which means 'in order'. So 20th simply means 'number twenty' or the thing that comes 'after nineteenth', as in the '20th' day or someone's '20th' place in a race.