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🔢 Next after twelfth 🔢 Person number thirteen 🧩 One of thirteen parts
thirteenth

thirteenth

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A person or thing that is number thirteen in a list
  • noun
  • /ˈθɜrˌtiːnθ/
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  • The meeting is scheduled for the thirteenth of June, so please mark your calendars.

Examples

  • For me, it would be January fourteenth, while for you it would still be the thirteenth.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • "We'll leave with Mom and Dad on the thirteenth," Mary let them know for the third or fourth time.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • On the thirteenth of June.

    The Blue Bird (1976)

  • "Well, it is the thirteenth of January.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The anniversary of her death, March thirteenth, was two weeks away.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Tomorrow it will be January thirteenth all over again, and I'll keep living through this day until I get it right.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • "Yet another January thirteenth came, and I was in a better mood than usual.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • I could see you on the thirteenth at 11:00.

    The Sessions (2012)

  • As thirteenth in line in my own kingdom, I didn't stand a chance.

    Frozen (2013)

  • "As we know, Hugo left Costa Rica on Friday, the thirteenth," Father Jorge continued.

    Fiction book (2000)

Compounds

thirteenth grade
  • Informal
6.8

An extra year at high school when a student does not move on

Surface Forms

thirteenth singular
thirteenths plural

Morphology

thirteenth = thirteen (transparent) = thirteen + th

The ordinal suffix '-th' is transparently added to the cardinal number 'thirteen' to form the ordinal number.

Etymology

Thirteenth as a noun comes from the number thirteen, made of three + teen meaning 'three and ten'. With -th it points to position, so the thirteenth is 'the person or thing that is number thirteen in a series'.