# nineteenth

Pronunciation: say "nyn-TEENTH" /ˌnaɪnˈtiːnθ/

## Adjective

1. Coming after the eighteenth in a counted sequence; the ordinal form corresponding to the number nineteen.
   - Simple: Coming right after the eighteenth one in a row or list.
   - _The author's nineteenth novel topped the bestseller list this month._
   - _They celebrated the company's nineteenth anniversary with a small party._

## Noun

2. The person or thing occupying the nineteenth position in a sequence or ranking.
   - Simple: The person or thing that comes nineteenth in a group or order.
   - _As the nineteenth in the royal line, he never expected to rule._
   - _The panel interviewed candidates all day, and the nineteenth finally impressed them._
3. One part out of nineteen equal parts into which a whole is divided.
   - Simple: One of nineteen equal parts of something.
   - _The estate was split nineteen ways, so each heir inherited a nineteenth._
   - _Roughly a nineteenth of the annual budget went toward building repairs._

## Origin

Formed from "nineteen" combined with the suffix "-th".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/nineteenth (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).