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tenth

  • adjective
  • tĕnth

next in order after that which is ninth.

Other meanings

  1. Being one of ten equal parts of a whole.

Related words

  • tenthly
  • tenthmeter
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  • tenth grade
  • tenth grader
  • tenth-rate

Word history

From Middle English "tenth" (tenth, tenthe).

Where this comes from

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