Used in a Sentence

twentieth

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for twentieth.

Editorial note

The United States, for instance, has considerably more forest now than it did at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Examples13
Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A person or thing in the twentieth position.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of twentieth gathered in one view.

noun

A person or thing in the twentieth position.

noun

One of twenty equal parts of a whole.

adjective

The ordinal form of the number twenty.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for twentieth.

noun

A person or thing in the twentieth position.

noun

One of twenty equal parts of a whole.

adjective

The ordinal form of the number twenty.

Example sentences

1

The United States, for instance, has considerably more forest now than it did at the beginning of the twentieth century.

2

In the latter half of the twentieth century refrigeration let them expand their diet again.

3

This was true in the end of twentieth century, but it is changing now.

4

The first half of the twentieth century was when most of the clever tricks for making stuff in quantity were worked out.

5

Imagine if the government had these sorts of powers in the mid twentieth century.

6

Particularly in the Twentieth Century, a lot of artists forged styles that were specifically and intentionally devoid of content – see abstract expressionism.

7

I'd rather see a swarm of drones one tenth the size and one twentieth the price fight our dog fights.

8

They proved themselves to be very efficient in the twentieth century in places that were at the time in need of development, like Singapore and Australia.

9

The whole point was to prevent Germany and France from going to war again as they had twice in the twentieth century and twice in the nineteenth century.

10

Most artists who dare to be so utterly unique have little chance of achieving commercial success, but Escher remains one of the most popular artists of the twentieth century.

11

The arrangement where you have creators here and consumers here and never the twain shall meet is a twentieth-century perversion we are well rid of.

12

While they're not representative for my taste in music, I share the judgement that They wrote a dozen of the finest songs of the twentieth century.

Quote examples

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> The exclusionary rule or "fruit of the poisonous tree" doctrine, with which you seem to be confusing the Amendment itself, is a twentieth century invention of the Warren court.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use twentieth in a sentence?

The United States, for instance, has considerably more forest now than it did at the beginning of the twentieth century.

What does twentieth mean?

A person or thing in the twentieth position.

What part of speech is twentieth?

twentieth is commonly used as noun, adjective.