Definitions for tenth
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Princeton's WordNet(4.80 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. one-tenth, tenth, tenth part, ten percent(noun)

   a tenth part; one part in ten equal parts

2. tenth(adj)

   position ten in a countable series of things

3. tenth, 10th(adj)

   coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. tenth(Noun)

   The person or thing in the tenth position.

   Etymology: From . Old English had teoþa (origin of Modern English tithe), but the force of analogy to the cardinal number "ten" caused Middle English speakers to recreate the regular ordinal and re-insert the nasal consonant.

2. tenth(Noun)

   One of ten equal parts of a whole.

   Etymology: From . Old English had teoþa (origin of Modern English tithe), but the force of analogy to the cardinal number "ten" caused Middle English speakers to recreate the regular ordinal and re-insert the nasal consonant.

3. tenth(Adjective)

   The ordinal form of the number ten.

   Etymology: From . Old English had teoþa (origin of Modern English tithe), but the force of analogy to the cardinal number "ten" caused Middle English speakers to recreate the regular ordinal and re-insert the nasal consonant.

Webster Dictionary(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Tenth(adj)

   next in order after the ninth; coming after nine others

2. Tenth(adj)

   constituting or being one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided

3. Tenth(noun)

   the next in order after the ninth; one coming after nine others

4. Tenth(noun)

   the quotient of a unit divided by ten; one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided

5. Tenth(noun)

   the tenth part of annual produce, income, increase, or the like; a tithe

6. Tenth(noun)

   the interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third

7. Tenth(noun)

   a temporary aid issuing out of personal property, and granted to the king by Parliament; formerly, the real tenth part of all the movables belonging to the subject

8. Tenth(noun)

   the tenth part of the annual profit of every living in the kingdom, formerly paid to the pope, but afterward transferred to the crown. It now forms a part of the fund called Queen Anne's Bounty

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Tenth

   tenth, adj. the last of ten: next in order after the ninth.—n. one of ten equal parts.—adv. Tenth′ly, in the tenth place.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tenth' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2804

How to pronounce tenth?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tenth in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tenth in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of tenth in a Sentence

1. Bob McEwen:

   In the 1950’s [America was] the richest nation, the richest city on earth was Detroit. They voted for change and so now it is the poorest city in America. At the same time, the nation of South Korea, of all the nations on earth, was third from the bottom. Virtually the poorest nation on earth. It is now tenth from the top. If you understand the principle, the greater freedom, the greater the wealth, you can then put any nation [on this chart]. Now you can go to Tagusagopos, you can go to Buenos Aires, you can go to Cairo, you can go to Philadelphia and all you need to know is what percentage of the Gross Domestic Product is controlled by government, and the greater the government, the greater the poverty, and that’s all politics is about. Every day politicians say, “I can make a better decision for you than you can for yourself, and let me take your money away from you and make it on your behalf” and thus make the nation poorer.

2. Fethullah Gulen:

   If there is anything I told anyone about this verbally, if there is any phone conversation, if one-tenth of this accusation is correct ... I would bend my neck and would say, 'They are telling the truth. Let them take me away. Let them hang me,'.

3. Paul Monti:

   This would have been our tenth year doing it and we were really looking forward to it.

4. Mitch McConnell:

   In light of the urgent humanitarian and security crisis on our border, the president is requesting $5.7 billion for physical barriers and border security, for some context, that is just about one tenth of one percent of federal spending. One tenth of one percent -- for physical barriers like the fences and barriers which already exist, which Democrats have previously voted for with enthusiasm.

5. Phil Scott:

   [I]t is increasingly clear that many elements in the orders have the potential to violate the constitutional rights of American citizens, and infringe on states’ rights afforded by the Tenth Amendment, this legislation serves to protect Vermont … against some of these potential violations, and to reassure our communities and citizensof their safety and security here.

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