twentieth

[US]/ˈtwentiəθ/
[UK]/ˈtwentiəθ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the position or rank of the number twenty in a series
adj. coming after the nineteenth in a series
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

the twentieth century

the twentieth anniversary

Example Sentences

Tomorrow is her twentieth birthday.

the first major climacteric in twentieth-century poetry.

they paid a twentieth part of the cost.

in the eighties of the twentieth century

in the sixties of the twentieth century

Fleming discovered penicillin early in the twentieth century.

my particular interest is twentieth-century poetry.

the lift boy pushed the button for the twentieth floor.

executions by the rope continued well into the twentieth century.

The space age dawned in the twentieth century.

Bach must be turning in his grave at the vulgarities of the twentieth century.

he ranked high among the pioneers of twentieth-century chemical technology.

the piece raises the ghosts of a number of twentieth-century art ideas.

a twentieth-century building would be cheaper than a replication of what was there before.

Twentieth, thirtieth, fourtieth, fiftieth, sixtieth, seventieth, eightieth, ninetieth, hundredth.

Camus is considered to be one of the twentieth century’s literary giants.

the twentieth century fades behind us and history roller-coasters on.

Moreover, until approximately the middle of the twentieth century, a parallel market known as "La Coulisse" was in operation.

In the second half of twentieth century, the development of Megalopolis has been the mainbody of American urbanization.

Real-world Examples

She was one of the most important scientists of the twentieth century.

Source: VOA Special March 2019 Collection

Blues and jazz became very popular in the twentieth century.

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World War I unleashes the demons of the twentieth century.

Source: Yale University Open Course: European Civilization (Audio Version)

On the twentieth of September, Hitler orders the bombing of Warsaw.

Source: The Apocalypse of World War II

Also, this year it will have its twentieth year anniversary.

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Edison was one of the greatest inventors of the twentieth century.

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American dominance in the twentieth century spread the language even further.

Source: VOA Special December 2014 Collection

The term " one-trick pony" appeared around the turn of the twentieth century.

Source: VOA Slow English - Word Stories

The elevator whisks me with terminal velocity to the twentieth floor.

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Maurice Ravel was a French composer writing in the early twentieth century.

Source: Listening to Music (Video Version)

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