fourteenth
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- adjective
- /ˈfɔrˌθiːnθ/
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- In the fourteenth century, according to the accounts of local officials of that time, this man appeared suddenly in the village of Wyle near Stonehenge... in April of 1362.
- fourteenth century
- the Fourteenth Amendment
- thirteenth and fourteenth
Examples
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Coleman raised several constitutional claims, including a Fourteenth Amendment equal protection argument.
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Economically, it has become the world's fourteenth-largest trading nation and seventh-largest foreign investor.
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I n the fourteenth chapter of the book of John, Jesus said, "Let not your heart be troubled."
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It is October the fourteenth, 1990.
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What I remember most clearly from that chilly October night... ...was that it was my fourteenth birthday... ...and the end of my childhood.
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DMA brought eight claims for relief, including First and Fourteenth Amendment challenges.
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Turner challenged that policy, arguing that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment required the state to provide representation.
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Second, at the time of the Fourteenth Amendment's ratification, there were no formal immigration or naturalization laws.
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Today is my son's fourteenth birthday, and we're throwing a big party for him.
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She has read fourteen books this month, making this her fourteenth title read this year.
Synonyms
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Number fourteen in a series
Compounds
- Formal
A U.S. constitutional change that gives citizenship and equal protection to people born or naturalized in the United States
- Philippine
An extra month's pay that workers receive after a thirteenth salary
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word fourteenth comes from fourteen, which is four plus ten, the same 'teen' you see in sixteen and seventeen, and the ending -th turns a number into an order. So, fourteenth means 'number fourteen in order', coming after the thirteenth.