29th
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- adjective
- /ˈtwɛntiˈnaɪnθ/
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vigésimo noveno
- The 29th of February is a unique date that only occurs every four years.
Examples
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David Peretz had his 29th birthday while on the mission.
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As of 1990, It still ranked the 29th best selling album of all time.
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Breaking Dawn, for my coming 29th birthday, the series was to hit the big screen.
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Yes, he opened a museum on 29th Street, near Broadway.
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We started our family when I was 18, and we celebrate our 29th anniversary next week.
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Why have you waited until your 29th year before applying for a social security card?
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He was two weeks past his 29th birthday.
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I'm going to Dublin to propose to my boyfriend on the 29th, leap day.
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Smith is poised to make his 29th consecutive start, including both of last season's playoff games.
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Call the 29th Precinct.
Synonyms
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The position after twenty-eight in a list
Surface Forms
Morphology
29th = 29 (transparent) = 29 + th
The suffix '-th' is a standard ordinal indicator in English, making the transformation from '29' to '29th' transparent.
Etymology
The word 29th is simply the number twenty-nine plus the ordinal ending -th, which marks order or 'position'. So 29th means 'the one in place twenty-nine', as when your birthday is on the 29th of February or you finish 29th in a race.