adj
twentieth
TWEHN-tee-uhth
adj
1
Coming after nineteenth and before twenty-first in a sequence; number 20 in an ordered list.
"This is the twentieth time he's asked the same question."
noun
1
One of twenty equal parts of something.
"A twentieth of the total budget went to marketing."
How to Use Twentieth
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe ordinal number for 20th, or one part out of twenty equal shares.
Word Forms
twentieths plural
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Etymology
From Old English twēntigoþa, built from twenty plus the ordinal ending -th.