nine·teenth [nineteenthnineteenths] [ˌnaɪnˈtiːnθ] ; [ˌnaɪnˈtiːnθ] ordinal number, noun There are examples of how to use ordinal numbers at the entry for fifth.
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The nineteenth item in a series is the one that you count as number nineteen. ...my nineteenth birthday. ...the nineteenth century.
nine·teen /naɪnˈtiːn/ noun, pl-teens[count] : the number 19
- nineteenadj • nineteen hours
- nineteenpronoun • She bought nineteen (of them).
- nine·teenth /naɪnˈtiːnɵ/ noun, pl-teenths[count] • The book is due back on the nineteenth (of the month). • one nineteenth of the total cost
- nineteenthadj • He was the country's nineteenth president. • I was the nineteenth person to cross the finish line. • (humorous) the nineteenth hole [=the bar at a golf course where players drink after playing a round of 18 holes of golf]
- nineteenthadv • She finished nineteenth in the race. • the country's nineteenth largest state
