'Twentieth' definitions:

Definition of 'twentieth'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Coming next after the nineteenth in position [syn: twentieth, 20th]
noun
Position 20 in a countable series of things

Definition of 'Twentieth'

From: GCIDE
  • Twentieth \Twen"ti*eth\, a. [From Twenty; cf. AS. twentigo[eth]a. See Twenty.]
  • 1. Next in order after the nineteenth; tenth after the tenth; coming after nineteen others; -- the ordinal of twenty. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Constituting, or being, one of twenty equal parts into which anything is divided. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Twentieth'

From: GCIDE
  • Twentieth \Twen"ti*eth\, n.
  • 1. The next in order after the nineteenth; one coming after nineteen others. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The quotient of a unit divided by twenty; one of twenty equal parts of one whole. [1913 Webster]

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