tenth
tenth Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Constituting number ten in a sequence; coming immediately after the ninth in position, order, or rank.
"The company celebrated its tenth anniversary with a special conference for all employees."
Each of ten equal parts into which something is or may be divided.
"Every tenth visitor to the museum today received a complimentary guidebook."
• noun
One of ten equal parts into which a whole may be divided; a fraction equal to 1/10 or ten percent.
"Only about a tenth of the original forest remains undisturbed by human activity."
The person, thing, or position that is number ten in a sequence or series; the tenth day of a month.
"Our rental payment is due on the tenth of every month."
A musical interval spanning an octave and a third, or ten degrees of a diatonic scale.
"The pianist's wide hand span allowed her to play parallel tenths effortlessly."
• adverb
In the tenth place, rank, or position in a sequence.
"Despite an early mechanical issue, the cyclist managed to finish tenth in the regional tournament."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English tenthe, a new formation from ten and the ordinal suffix -th, replacing Old English teotha (which survived in the form 'tithe').