English · Word Candidate

twentieth

/ˈtwɛn.ti.əθ/

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Also seen as: twentieths

Sense 1

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

The ordinal form of the number twenty.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

hình thức thứ tự của số hai mươi

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Adjective

Examples

As with most twentieth-century Chinese writers, little is known of Ts’ao Yü’s life. Though his ancestral home was Ch’ien-chiang 潛江, Hupei province, he himself was probably born in Tientsin in either 1909 or 1910.

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

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

A person or thing in the twentieth position.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

một người hoặc thứ ở vị trí thứ hai mươi

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Noun

Sources & notes

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

Sense 3

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

One of twenty equal parts of a whole.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

một trong hai mươi phần bằng nhau của toàn bộ

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Noun

Examples

There are some glittering stats out there regarding Brassey: namely that he'd built around one-third of Britain's railways by the time he was in his early 40s, and that by the time of his death (aged 65) he was responsible for around one-twentieth of the world's railways.

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 “twentieth” mean?

The ordinal form of the number twenty.

Is “twentieth” formal or informal?

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

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