22nd
- adjective
- /ˈtwɛntiˌsɛkənd/
- Your office is on the 22nd Floor.
- 22nd Street
- 22nd century
Examples
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The 22nd Malaysia Salon, December 1994, has been included with the 1995 totals.
Academic text (1996) -
On this day, 22nd July, the year 2013, we welcome with humble duty a future king, the firstborn of His Royal Highness, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the third in line to the throne.
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Right down there on 22nd street!
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It's hard to believe that this is my 22nd year as a classroom teacher!
Blog text (29) -
Maybe people at the end of the 22nd century will get a close-up look at this planet.
Blog text (17) -
Entries are officially being accepted for the 22nd Annual Florida Film Festival, April 5-14, 2013.
Blog text (10) -
Ladies and gentlemen, I now present the 22nd Annual Bayhill Tournament... championship trophy to Richmond High School.
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The Dutchmen avoided falling to 0-3 for the 22nd time in program history.
Blog text (5) -
The Ballard Commons Park, at 5701 22nd Avenue Northwest, has a skate bowl.
Blog text (10) -
The 22nd student to finish the exam will receive a prize.
Synonyms
The position that comes after the twenty-first, number twenty-two
Surface Forms
Morphology
22nd = 22 (transparent) = 22 + nd
Regular formation of an ordinal from the cardinal numeral by adding the appropriate ordinal suffix '-nd'.
Etymology
The word 22nd is the short form that shows the order of twenty-two. The -nd part comes from the word second, which means 'the one after the first', so 22nd means the position after the 21st.