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单词 thirteenth
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Definition of thirteenth in English:

thirteenth

ordinal number ˌθəːˈtiːnθ

  • 1Constituting number thirteen in a sequence; 13th.

    the thirteenth century
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The modes of dress during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries were various and ridiculous.
    • The association is celebrating the thirteenth anniversary of its formation this year.
    • The band set off to record their thirteenth album.
    • Both Wales and Scotland would gradually come to adopt these values during the course of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
    • The thirteenth annual trade show attracted 97 exhibitors this year.
    • It was the night of my thirteenth birthday party, and I was blowing out the candles on my cake.
    • The thirteenth amendment was necessary to make its provisions stick once the crisis had passed.
    • In England, land was treated as a commodity in the thirteenth century.
    • The thirteenth chapter of Matthew has a collection of parables in it.
    • When we unroll the sixth and the thirteenth centuries, and hang up the two side by side, we find that it is a contrasted picture that they exhibit.

  • 2Each of thirteen equal parts into which something is or may be divided.

    twelve thirteenths
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The proportion of the arable lands is about a thirteenth of the whole.
    • There are under a hundred million Brits living in a country less than one thirteenth the size of Texas.
    • Unemployment benefits make up a mere one thirteenth of the cost of welfare overall.
    • The townspeople built their own network, and now their bills are about $1.20 a month, a thirteenth the size of average monthly bills in places where the big players offer service.
    • I have heard that the king will demand a thirteenth of our goods when he comes again to England.

Rhymes

eighteenth, fifteenth, fourteenth, nineteenth, seventeenth, sixteenth, umpteenth

Definition of thirteenth in US English:

thirteenth

ordinal number

  • 1Constituting number thirteen in a sequence; 13th.

    the thirteenth century
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was the night of my thirteenth birthday party, and I was blowing out the candles on my cake.
    • The thirteenth annual trade show attracted 97 exhibitors this year.
    • Both Wales and Scotland would gradually come to adopt these values during the course of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
    • In England, land was treated as a commodity in the thirteenth century.
    • The band set off to record their thirteenth album.
    • The modes of dress during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries were various and ridiculous.
    • When we unroll the sixth and the thirteenth centuries, and hang up the two side by side, we find that it is a contrasted picture that they exhibit.
    • The thirteenth amendment was necessary to make its provisions stick once the crisis had passed.
    • The thirteenth chapter of Matthew has a collection of parables in it.
    • The association is celebrating the thirteenth anniversary of its formation this year.

  • 2Each of thirteen equal parts into which something is or may be divided.

    twelve thirteenths
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are under a hundred million Brits living in a country less than one thirteenth the size of Texas.
    • Unemployment benefits make up a mere one thirteenth of the cost of welfare overall.
    • The proportion of the arable lands is about a thirteenth of the whole.
    • I have heard that the king will demand a thirteenth of our goods when he comes again to England.
    • The townspeople built their own network, and now their bills are about $1.20 a month, a thirteenth the size of average monthly bills in places where the big players offer service.
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