fourteenth
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- noun
- /fɔrˈtinθ/
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- For me, it would be January fourteenth, while for you it would still be the thirteenth.
- Fourteenth Amendment
- Fourteenth-Century
- Fourteenth and Sixteenth
Examples
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I'll see you on the fourteenth...
Fiction book (2001) -
Wednesday the Fourteenth, Isobel sat at her kitchen table, drank coffee, and made lists.
Fiction book (1990) -
On the fourteenth of February last.
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The fourteenth of the fifth lunar month is the day of her death.
Academic text (2009) -
Alabama would be fourteen at two o'clock in the morning on the fourteenth of July.
Fiction book (1997) -
It's a memo about how they're gonna deal with those oil spills that happened on the fourteenth.
Fiction book (1995) -
The Townline driver was waiting for Ike in a white stretch limo at the northwest corner of Fourteenth.
Fiction book (1995) -
My birthday is on fourteenth of May, which falls on a Tuesday this year.
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The fourteenth chapter of the book introduces a new character with an interesting backstory.
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On the fourteenth day of the month, we will celebrate our anniversary with a small party.
Synonyms
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Number fourteen in a series
Compounds
- Formal
A U.S. constitutional change that gives citizenship and equal protection to people born or naturalized in the United States
- Philippine
An extra month's pay that workers receive after a thirteenth salary
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word fourteenth as a noun is formed the same way: fourteen is four plus ten, and the ending -th makes it a word for 'order' or 'position'. So, a fourteenth is 'the person or thing in position fourteen', the one after the thirteenth.