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170th

170th

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The position after 169 in a list or order
  • adjective
: centésimo septuagésimo
  • He was ranked 170th out of all the players in the tournament, which was a great achievement.

Examples

  • This is my 170th attempt at solving the puzzle, but I am determined to succeed.

  • Its planned October 2013 departure follows that of the 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team from Baumholder earlier this year.

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  • The 170th annual celebration brought together hundreds of participants from around the world.

Synonyms

hundred-and-seventieth
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The position after one hundred and sixty-nine in a sequence

is written with digits rather than as full words

Surface Forms

170th positive

Morphology

170th = 170 (transparent) = 170 + th

The suffix '-th' is a standard ordinal marker in English, making the transformation clear and predictable.

Etymology

The word 170th is the number 'one hundred seventy' with the ending -th that shows order, the same ending you see in fourth and tenth. So 170th means 'in the 170th position' in a list, coming after the 169th.