twentieth
twentieth Lexical Profile
twentieth Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Constituting number twenty in a sequence; coming directly after the nineteenth.
"Rapid technological advancement defined much of the twentieth century."
Constituting one of twenty equal parts of a whole.
"Each investor holds a twentieth share in the commercial property."
• noun
The person or thing in the position of number twenty in a sequence, or the twentieth day of a month.
"The application deadline falls on the twentieth of next month."
One of twenty equal parts into which something is or may be divided; a fraction equal to five percent.
"Only a twentieth of the original forest remains undisturbed by logging."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English twentithe, a modification of Old English twentigotha, formed from twentig ('twenty') and the ordinal suffix -tha ('-th').