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hundred-and-eightieth

hundred-and-eightieth

3.3
Being number one hundred eighty in a list
  • adjective
  • /ˈhʌndrəd ənd ˈeɪtiəθ/
translation icon : centésimo octogésimo
  • They live on the hundred-and-eightieth floor of the tallest building in the city.

Examples

  • The hundred-and-eightieth anniversary of the event is next year.

  • She was the hundred-and-eightieth runner to finish the marathon.

  • The library celebrated its hundred-and-eightieth anniversary last year.

  • She finished in hundred-and-eightieth place in the race.

  • The marathon was won by the hundred-and-eightieth runner to cross the finish line last Saturday.

  • The museum's hundred-and-eightieth exhibit showcases art from the 19th century.

  • Next month, we will commemorate the hundred-and-eightieth anniversary of the town's founding.

Synonyms

180th
vshundred-and-eightieth
1 1.0

A number that comes after one hundred seventy-nine in a list

is the spelled-out word form rather than numerals

How High

thousandth
1 2.1
hundred-and-eightieth
3.3
hundredth
7 1.0
tenth
35 1.0
first
7 1.0

Surface Forms

hundred-and-eightieth superlative
hundred and eightieth superlative

Morphology

hundred-and-eightieth = hundred + and + eighty (transparent) = hundred + and + eighty + th

Ordinals are regularly formed from cardinal number phrases by adding the ordinal suffix '-th', so the structure 'hundred and eighty' -> 'hundred-and-eightieth' is directly predictable.

Etymology

Hundred-and-eightieth comes from putting hundred ('100') and eighty ('80') together with the ordinal ending -th, which shows 'in order'. So it literally names the item that is '180th' in a list or sequence.