23rd

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of twenty-third. abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable

    "To get doomier still, there’s also the pertinent question of whether, given current ecological speculation, the human race will even survive beyond the next century or so – an uncertainty which makes applying one’s imagination to a 22nd or 23rd Century rather academic."

Adjective
  1. 1
    coming next after the twenty-second in position wordnet

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"To get doomier still, there’s also the pertinent question of whether, given current ecological speculation, the human race will even survive beyond the next century or so – an uncertainty which makes applying one’s imagination to a 22nd or 23rd Century rather academic."

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