nineteenth
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- noun
- /ˈnaɪnˌtiːnθ/
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decimonoveno
- Her birthday is on the nineteenth of October, so we celebrate it each year on that day.
- late nineteenth
- early nineteenth
- nineteenth-century
Examples
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The dependency on foreign markets continued throughout the nineteenth and into the twentieth centuries.
Academic text (1993) -
Clearly the TwenCen has been the century of physics, just as the nineteenth was that of mechanics and chemistry.
Fiction book (1999) -
While this may look like a matter of concern distinctive to the twenty-first century, its origin lies in the nineteenth.
Academic text (2016) -
Lucinda's wedding took place on December nineteenth, at Saint Michael's Church, at nine o'clock in the evening.
Fiction book (1991) -
Back in early nineteenth-century France, however, the abolitionist movement was unfolding very differently from its British counterpart.
Academic text (2017) -
The nineteenth chapter of the book reveals the main character's true intentions.
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On the nineteenth day of this month, the festival will take place in the town square.
Synonyms
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At position number nineteen in a sequence
Compounds
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A change to the U.S. Constitution from 1920 that gives women the right to vote
A change to the United States Constitution made in 1920 that gives women the right to vote
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Etymology
Nineteenth is made from the number nineteen and the ending -th, which shows 'in order' or 'position'. So, nineteenth means the person or thing that is number 19 in a list.