twentieth

Two-tenths position marker

Twentieth is the ordinal form of twenty, indicating position number 20 in a sequence.

It functions as both adjective and noun: She finished in twentieth place or He was the twentieth to arrive.

As a noun, a twentieth also means one of twenty equal parts, or one-twentieth of something: Each partner owns a twentieth of the company.

ordinal

nineteenth

Position after eighteen

rank · order · numeral · preceding · following · tenth · thirtieth · fortieth · fiftieth · sixtieth

century

1900s

Century's inaugural decade

industrialization · millennium · fin-de-siècle · modernism · period · epoch · historical · postwar · midcentury · contemporary

anniversary

china

Fine ceramic tableware

commemoration · celebration · marriage · gift · tradition · renewal · vows · decades · remembrance · tribute

fraction

percentage

Proportion out of hundred

segment · part · division · proportion · ratio · cut · quota · piece · denominator · numerator

Categories
Opposites
ordinal position

twentiethfirst

Position number one

last · initial · final · nineteenth · second

number type

twentiethtwenty

Two times ten

cardinal

Phrases
Family

twenties, twentieths

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G