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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The person or thing in the thirteenth position.
2. 2
   position 13 in a countable series of things wordnet
3. 3
   One of thirteen equal parts of a whole.
4. 4
   The interval comprising an octave and a sixth.
5. 5
   The thirteenth day of a month.

   "January 13th"

Adjective

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

Adjective

1. 1
   coming next after the twelfth in position wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

13th13th13thxiiixiiith

Example

More examples

"Tennis began in France in the thirteenth century."

Etymology

From Old English þrēottēoþa; equivalent to thirteen + -th (ordinal suffix).

Related phrases

Friday the thirteenththirteenth gradethirteenth reasonthirteenth reason why

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