Nineteenth

//ˌnaɪnˈtiːnθ// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The person or thing in the nineteenth position.
  2. 2
    position 19 in a countable series of things wordnet
  3. 3
    One of nineteen equal parts of a whole.
Adjective
  1. 1
    The ordinal form of the number nineteen. not-comparable

    "Images of Dutchness in American visual culture and literature during the nineteenth century differed radically between portrayals of the Netherlands Dutch and those of the American Dutch."

Adjective
  1. 1
    coming next after the eighteenth in position wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
19th19th

Example

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"Not until the end of the nineteenth century, did plant breeding become a scientific discipline."

Etymology

From nineteen + -th.

Related phrases

long nineteenth centurynineteenth hole

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