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nineteenth

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nine·teenth  (nn-tnth)
n.
1. The ordinal number matching the number 19 in a series.
2. One of 19 equal parts.

nine·teenth adv. & adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.nineteenthnineteenth - position 19 in a countable series of things
rank - relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"
Adj.1.nineteenthnineteenth - coming next after the eighteenth in position
ordinal - being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh"
Translations
nineteenth [naɪnˈtiːnθ] adjdecimonoveno, decimonono
nineteenth [naɪnˈtiːnθ] nine numdix-neuvième
nineteenth [naɪnˈtiːnθ] nine numneunzehnte(r, s)


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On the eighteenth and nineteenth of November, the army advanced two days' march and the enemy's outposts after a brief interchange of shots retreated.
No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scru- tinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water.
It was the greatest hoax of the nineteenth century.
 
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