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Uncommontenth
The correct spelling is tenth.
How to pronounce tenth
/tɛnθ/
nounIPA: /tɛnθ/
Say it like: Ten-th
The correct spelling is tenth. The person or thing coming next after the ninth in a series; that which is in the tenth position.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.The person or thing coming next after the ninth in a series; that which is in the tenth position.
- 2.One of ten equal parts of a whole.
- 3.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.
- 4.(in the plural) 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.
verb
- 1.To divide by ten, into tenths.
adjective
- 1.The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is ninth.
- 2.Being one of ten equal parts of a whole.
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