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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The person or thing in the fifteenth position.
2. 2
   position 15 in a countable series of things wordnet
3. 3
   One of fifteen equal parts of a whole.
4. 4
   The interval comprising two octaves.

Adjective

1. 1
   The ordinal form of the number fifteen. not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   coming next after the fourteenth and just before the sixteenth in position wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

15th15th15thxv

Example

More examples

"This drawing dates back to the fifteenth century."

Etymology

From Old English fīftēoþa, equivalent to fifteen + -th.

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