thirteenth
Noun pluralthirteenths
Pluralthirteenths
- 1Coming right after the twelfth in a counted order, matching the number thirteen.
Like being number 13 in a long line of people.
The thirteenth runner crossed the line completely exhausted.
They celebrated their thirteenth wedding anniversary last spring.
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- 2The one that comes after the twelfth in a row or order.
Of all the guests, she was the thirteenth to arrive.
He stood as the thirteenth in line for the throne.
- 3One part out of thirteen equal parts of something.
Like cutting a pizza into thirteen equal slices and taking one.
Each guest received a thirteenth of the prize money.
We split the bread so each child got a thirteenth.
- 4The day numbered thirteen within a month.
We're all meeting on the thirteenth for dinner.
Her birthday falls on the thirteenth of May.
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- 5A musical distance equal to an octave plus six more notes above a starting note.
Like stepping thirteen rungs up a ladder of musical notes.
The final chord stretched all the way up to a thirteenth.
She played a thirteenth above the low bass note.
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Origin
From Old English þrēottēoþa. It is made from "thirteen" plus "-th", the ending used for ordinal numbers.