Some countries use ordinal numbers to count millennia, whereas others count them using cardinal numbers.
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Ordinal
/ˈɔɹ.dɪ.nəl/
Synonyms for "ordinal" (209 found)
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algebraic numberalgorismicalgorithmicaliquotarithmeticalbreviarycanoncardinalcardinal numbercategoricalcatenarycharacteristicchurch bookclassificationalclassificatorycomplex numberconsecutivedecimaldefective numberdefining
Noun(5 words)
Strong matches (63)
figurativefinitefinite numberformularyfractionfractionalgaussian integerimaginaryimaginary numberimpairimpossibleinfiniteinfinityintegerintegralirrationalirrational numberlectionarylineallinear
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Noun(19 words)
fourteenthfourthhundredthiii sectionlvilxixlxxiiimillionthnineteenthninthno.number tennumeral typenumerical quantity propertyorder basedorder numberorder number generatororder orientedorder-number box
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Noun(36 words)
order-number columnorder-number labelorder-number systemorderedordered categoryordered dataordinal indexordinal indicatorordinal levelordinal numberordinal numerationordinal numerationspositionalrank basedrank datarank numberrankedsequence numbersequentialsevenths
Adjective(17 words)
ordered ratingordinal attribute rubricordinal attributingordinal attributionordinal descriptorordinal numbersordinal positionseventeenthseventhseventiethsixththirdtwelfthxcviixivxxixxxxiii
pairparticularpeculiarpolygonal numberpontificalpositivepossibleprayer bookprimeprime numberprogressivepure imaginaryradicalrationalrational numberrealreal numberreciprocalrectangular numberritual
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ritualeround numberrubricsefer torahsequentsequentialserialserial numberseriateservice booksiddurspecialspecificsubdivisionalsubmultiplesuccessionalsuccessivesurdtaxonomictorahtorah scrolltranscendentaltranscendental numbertransfinite numbertypaltypicalvirginalwhole number
Verb(1 words)
ranked property
Adjective(1 words)
Determiner(1 words)
third estate
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7 entriesordinal adjectiveordinal dataordinal numberordinal numbersordinal positionordinal rankingordinal scale
Inflections
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4 entriesAntonyms
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184 entries1000th100th101st105th10th110th115th11th120th125th12th130th135th13th140th145th
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Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Eight hundredth, nine hundredth and one thousandth are ordinal numbers.
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One is a cardinal number; first is an ordinal number.
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"Three" is a cardinal number, while "third" is the corresponding ordinal number.
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