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22nd

22nd

26 1.0
Next after the twenty-first in order, for example on a list or date
  • adjective
  • /ˈtwɛntiˌsɛkənd/
translation icon : vigésimo segundo
  • Your office is on the 22nd Floor.
  • 22nd Street
  • 22nd century

Examples

  • 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.

  • Right down there on 22nd street!

  • 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.

  • 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

twenty-second
vs22nd
2 1.0

The position that comes after the twenty-first, number twenty-two

is written with numbers rather than spelled-out words

Surface Forms

22nd positive

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.