English · Word Candidate

tenth

/tɛnθ/

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Also seen as: tenths · tenthing · tenthed

Sense 1

Meaning · English

The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is ninth.

Adjective

Examples

My dear young lady, here I am for the tenth time.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 2

Meaning · English

Being one of ten equal parts of a whole.

Adjective

Examples

The Ephah and the Bath shal be of one measure, that the Bath may containe the tenth part of an Homer, and the Ephah the tenth part of an Homer: the measure thereof shall be after the Homer.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 3

Meaning · English

The person or thing coming next after the ninth in a series; that which is in the tenth position.

Noun

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 4

Meaning · English

One of ten equal parts of a whole.

Noun

Examples

Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is s

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “tenth” mean?

The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is ninth.

Is “tenth” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.