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hundred-and-twentieth

hundred-and-twentieth

2.9
The position that comes after the 119th and before the 121st
  • adjective
  • /ˈhʌndrəd ənd ˈtwɛntiəθ/
translation icon : centésimo vigésimo
  • The hundred-and-twentieth anniversary of the festival will be celebrated next year.

Examples

  • She finished in hundred-and-twentieth place in the race.

  • On page hundred-and-twentieth you’ll find the answer to your question.

  • She finished in hundred-and-twentieth place in the marathon, far behind the leaders.

  • This is the hundred-and-twentieth anniversary of the school’s founding.

  • She finished in hundred-and-twentieth place in the marathon, far behind the leaders.

  • The hundred-and-twentieth anniversary of the festival will be celebrated next year.

  • This is the hundred-and-twentieth anniversary of the school’s founding.

Synonyms

120th
vshundred-and-twentieth
2 1.0

The number that comes after one hundred nineteen in order

is the spelled-out word form rather than the compact numeric form

Surface Forms

hundred-and-twentieth positive

Morphology

hundred-and-twentieth = hundred-and-twenty (transparent) = hundred + and + twenty + ieth

Formed from the cardinal 'hundred-and-twenty' with the regular ordinal marker (spelling change to '-ieth'), so the relation is clear to learners who know numbers.

Etymology

Hundred-and-twentieth is built from hundred ('100') and twenty ('20') with the -th ending that shows order. So it simply means 'the 120th', the one that comes after the one hundred and nineteenth.