tenth

/tenθ/
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tenth

The runner in the red jersey crosses the finish line in tenth place.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position or order. It denotes the ordinal number for ten.

  2. Noun:

    • Position ten in a countable series: The item or person in the tenth position.
    • A tenth part; one part in ten equal parts: One of ten equal divisions of a whole; 1/10 or 0.1.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • She finished in tenth place in the race.
    • We are celebrating his tenth birthday.
  • Noun (Position):
    • He was the tenth to arrive at the meeting.
  • Noun (Fraction):
    • A tenth of the students were absent.
    • The glass was only a tenth full.
Advanced Usage
  • "The tenth of [Month]": A common way to specify the tenth day of a month.
    • The meeting is scheduled for the tenth of May.
  • "To the tenth power": Used in mathematics to indicate an exponent of ten.
    • Ten to the tenth power is 10,000,000,000.
Variants and Related Words
  • Tenthly (adverb): Used to introduce the tenth point in a list or argument.
    • Tenthly, we must consider the long-term environmental impact.
  • Decimate (verb): Historically, to kill one in every ten. In modern usage, it often means to destroy a large proportion of something.
    • The population was decimated by the plague. (Note: This word is related to the Latin root for "ten" but its common meaning has broadened.)
Synonyms
  • 10th (adj., n.): The numeric abbreviation.
  • One-tenth (n.): A clear synonym for the fractional meaning.
  • Decile (n.): Specifically in statistics, any of the nine values that divide sorted data into ten equal parts. The "first decile" is the 10th percentile.
Related Phrases
  • Tenth-rate: Of extremely poor quality; inferior. (This is a compound adjective using "tenth").
    • It was a tenth-rate imitation of the original painting.
  • Nine times out of ten: Almost always; very frequently.
    • Nine times out of ten, he takes the bus to work.
tenth

The runner in the red jersey crosses the finish line in tenth place.

Adjective
  1. coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position
Noun
  1. position ten in a countable series of things
  2. a tenth part; one part in ten equal parts

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