Nineteenth

Quick meaning: Nineteenth is an adjective meaning The ordinal form of the number nineteen.

Meaning

The ordinal form of the number nineteen.

More Meanings

1. The person or thing in the nineteenth position.
2. One of nineteen equal parts of a whole.

Example Sentences

Images of Dutchness in American visual culture and literature during the nineteenth century differed radically between portrayals of the Netherlands Dutch and those of the American Dutch.

But in fact the antinomy of exceptionalism and assimilationism has been there all along, and otherwise puzzling decisions from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries become readily understandable when seen as moments when assimilationism was ascendant.

Fortunately, this paper does not consist of 13 pages. Otherwise, in the nineteenth century, over 15% of Americans would drop this essay without a second thought, 45% would consider throwing it away, and the remaining 40% would not be influenced by whether the paper had 13 pages or not and would have a fighting chance of actually making it to the end (Lachenmeyer 92).

Word Forms

• nineteenths

Synonyms for nineteenth

Depending on context, synonyms include ordinal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ordinal, ninetieth, twenty-second, twenty-ninth, twenty-first, eighteenth.

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