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hundred-and-fifteenth

hundred-and-fifteenth

1.0
Number 115 in a list or order
  • adjective
  • /ˈhʌndrəd ənd fɪfˈtɛnθ/
translation icon : centésimo decimoquinto
  • Today is the hundred and fifteenth anniversary of Amelia Earhart's birth.

Examples

  • The hundred-and-fifteenth page of the book contained interesting facts.

  • She finished in the hundred-and-fifteenth position in the race.

  • This year marks the hundred-and-fifteenth edition of the festival.

Synonyms

115th
vshundred-and-fifteenth
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The position in a list that comes after one hundred fourteen and before one hundred sixteen

is the written word form rather than numeric digits

How High

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

Surface Forms

hundred-and-fifteenth superlative
hundred and fifteenth superlative

Morphology

hundred-and-fifteenth = hundred + and + fifteen (transparent) = hundred + and + fifteen + th

Standard ordinal formation: adding the suffix '-th' to the cardinal 'hundred and fifteen' is a productive and predictable process for learners.

Etymology

Hundred-and-fifteenth is built from hundred ('100') and fifteen ('15'), with -th making it a position or order. Think of standing in a line: after number 114 comes the person in place '115', so hundred-and-fifteenth means the thing in position number '115'.