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hundred-and-sixty-fifth

hundred-and-sixty-fifth

3.3
A position that comes after one hundred sixty-four others in a sequence
  • adjective
  • /ˈhʌndrəd ənd sɪksti fɪfθ/
translation icon : centésimo sexagésimo quinto
  • The hundred-and-sixty-fifth page of the novel contained a vital clue.

Examples

  • This is the hundred-and-sixty-fifth anniversary of the event.

  • Our queue ticket was the hundred-and-sixty-fifth to be called that afternoon.

  • She placed hundred-and-sixty-fifth in the global rankings this year.

  • She finished in hundred-and-sixty-fifth place in the race.

  • Our queue ticket was the hundred-and-sixty-fifth to be called that afternoon.

  • This is the hundred-and-sixty-fifth anniversary of the event.

  • She placed hundred-and-sixty-fifth in the global rankings this year.

Synonyms

165th
vshundred-and-sixty-fifth
1 1.0

In position one hundred sixty-five in a list or order

is written in words rather than digits to show the same position

Surface Forms

hundred-and-sixty-fifth positive

Morphology

hundred-and-sixty-fifth = hundred-and-sixty-five (transparent) = hundred + and + sixty + five + th

This is the regular ordinal formation from the cardinal number 'hundred-and-sixty-five' by adding the ordinal suffix '-th' (yielding 'sixty-fifth' as the final element).

Etymology

Hundred-and-sixty-fifth is built from hundred ('100'), sixty ('60') and fifth ('5th'). So, hundred-and-sixty-fifth simply names the '165th' item in a list or sequence.