46th
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- adjective
- /ˈfɔrtiˈsɪksθ/
- She celebrated her 46th birthday with a big party.
Examples
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New Haven, Conn. -- The Yale lightweight crew travels to Boston this weekend for the 46th Head of the Charles Regatta.
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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 46th annual Lake Winnetka Labor Day Cup.
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This is my 46th trial.
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And Sunday is our 46th wedding anniversary.
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The real winners were announced last night at the 46th Annual Country Music Association Awards.
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In 2004, Gray ran for a U.S. Senate seat in California's 46th district.
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Which leads us to Tuesday, the day the Red Sox will introduce John Farrell as the team's 46th manager in franchise history.
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A summary of the results of this study was presented at the 46th Annual Southeastern Psychological Association Conference, New Orleans, LA, March 2000.
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Wilson did not secure the nomination, however, until the 46th ballot when Alabama moved its support from House Majority Leader Oscar Underwood to Wilson.
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In Friday's court proceedings for the 46th District, each of the counties was assigned one day to count paper ballots.
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Synonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
46th = 46 (transparent) = 46 + th
The ordinal is formed by adding the productive ordinal suffix '-th' to the cardinal number '46', a process that is regular and learnable by B1 learners.
Etymology
46Th is the ordinal form of 46, made by adding the ending -th to show 'order' or 'position', just like in fifth or tenth. So something described as the 46th is number forty-six in a sequence.