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词汇 nineteenth
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Definition of nineteenth in English:

nineteenth

ordinal number ˌnʌɪnˈtiːnθ
  • 1Constituting number nineteen in a sequence; 19th.

    the late nineteenth century
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Around her nineteenth birthday, Mary asked me what I thought about putting together a book on social behavior.
    • He made his international debut on his nineteenth birthday.
    • I left England in 1944, a few days before my nineteenth birthday.
    • In the nineteenth book in a much-loved series, the pair wins a creativity prize in a snowman contest.
    • The nineteenth edition came out in September.
    • He left no children, and was succeeded by his second cousin Robert de Vere, nineteenth earl of Oxford.
    • This nineteenth anniversary performance is under the capable direction of the school principal.
    • His nineteenth film is a simple, humour-filled tale that resonates with deeper themes of friendship and fate.
    • Distance education evolved from the correspondence courses of the late nineteenth century.
    • The elevator ride to the nineteenth floor didn't cause him any discernible panic.
  • 2Each of nineteen equal parts into which something is or may be divided.

    a nineteenth of an acre
    Example sentencesExamples
    • At significantly reduced rates, say a nineteenth of consumption in 2008, both of these nations could continue to utilize their domestic reserves for nearly half a millenium
    • The taxes amount to no less than a nineteenth of the property.
    • It was quite common for an individual to own an eighth of a share of one field and a nineteenth of yet another, perhaps two miles away.
    • It would lose, on being weighed in water, about a nineteenth of its weight.
    • The far-distant Sun, when seen from the Saturnian System, has only about a nineteenth of the superficial extent which it presents to the Earth.

Rhymes

eighteenth, fifteenth, fourteenth, seventeenth, sixteenth, thirteenth, umpteenth

Definition of nineteenth in US English:

nineteenth

ordinal number
  • 1Constituting number nineteen in a sequence; 19th.

    the late nineteenth century
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This nineteenth anniversary performance is under the capable direction of the school principal.
    • He made his international debut on his nineteenth birthday.
    • The nineteenth edition came out in September.
    • Around her nineteenth birthday, Mary asked me what I thought about putting together a book on social behavior.
    • In the nineteenth book in a much-loved series, the pair wins a creativity prize in a snowman contest.
    • He left no children, and was succeeded by his second cousin Robert de Vere, nineteenth earl of Oxford.
    • The elevator ride to the nineteenth floor didn't cause him any discernible panic.
    • Distance education evolved from the correspondence courses of the late nineteenth century.
    • His nineteenth film is a simple, humour-filled tale that resonates with deeper themes of friendship and fate.
    • I left England in 1944, a few days before my nineteenth birthday.
  • 2Each of nineteen equal parts into which something is or may be divided.

    a nineteenth of an acre
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The taxes amount to no less than a nineteenth of the property.
    • The far-distant Sun, when seen from the Saturnian System, has only about a nineteenth of the superficial extent which it presents to the Earth.
    • It was quite common for an individual to own an eighth of a share of one field and a nineteenth of yet another, perhaps two miles away.
    • It would lose, on being weighed in water, about a nineteenth of its weight.
    • At significantly reduced rates, say a nineteenth of consumption in 2008, both of these nations could continue to utilize their domestic reserves for nearly half a millenium
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