Definitions for tenth
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.8 / 5 votes

1. one-tenth, tenth, tenth part, ten percentnoun

   a tenth part; one part in ten equal parts

2. tenthadjective

   position ten in a countable series of things

3. tenth, 10thadjective

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. tenthnoun

   The person or thing in the tenth position.

2. tenthnoun

   One of ten equal parts of a whole.

3. tenthadjective

   The ordinal form of the number ten.

4. 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.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tenthadjective

   First after the ninth; ordinal of ten.

   Etymology: teowa , Saxon.

   It may be thought the less strange if others cannot do as much at the tenth or twentieth trial, as we did after much practice. Boyle.

2. Tenthnoun

   Etymology: from the adjective.

   1. The tenth part.

   Of all the horses,
   The treasure in the field atchiev’d, and city,
   We render you the tenth. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   By decimation and a tithed death,
   If thy revenges hunger for that food
   Which nature loaths, take thou the destin’d tenth. William Shakespeare.

   To purchase but the tenth of all their store,
   Would make the mighty Persian monarch poor. Dryden.

   Suppose half an ounce of silver now worth a bushel of wheat; but should there be next year a scarcity, five ounces of silver would purchase but one bushel: so that money would be then nine tenths less worth in respect of food. John Locke.

   2. Tithe.

   With cheerful heart
   The tenth of thy increase bestow, and own
   Heav’n’s bounteous goodness, that will sure repay
   Thy grateful duty. Philips.

   3.Tenths are that yearly portion or tribute which all livings ecclesiastical yield to the king. The bishop of Rome pretended right to this revenue by example of the high priest of the Jews, who had tenths from the Levites, till by Henry the eighth they were annexed perpetually to the crown. John Cowell

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1. tenth

   The tenth refers to each of ten equal parts into which something is or may be divided. It is often expressed as the fraction 1/10 or the decimal 0.1. In broader contexts, it may also mean the position in a sequence or ordered list corresponding to that particular number.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. Tenthadjective

   next in order after the ninth; coming after nine others

2. Tenthadjective

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

3. Tenthnoun

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

4. Tenthnoun

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

5. Tenthnoun

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

6. Tenthnoun

   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. Tenthnoun

   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. Tenthnoun

   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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

Matched Categories

1. • Common Fraction

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

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

How to pronounce tenth?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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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. Francis M. Faber Jr.:

   Some statesmen have been tagged as having great 'foresight' in their deliberations and activities. Are there any historical records of outstanding statesmen as possessing 'sight' in the ninth, tenth or double digit degree in their particular category of achievement?

2. Refugees Antonio Guterres:

   We consider that one tenth of the Syrian refugees in the region should be resettled.

3. Horace Walpole:

   Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.

4. William Feather:

   Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles that were known to our grandfathers.

5. John Dubczak:

   Detection is down to one part per trillion, but we can take it down to a tenth of a trillion, and further orders of magnitude more sensitive.

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