thirteenths
Saythur-TEENTHSUS/ˌθɝˈtiːnθs/UK/ˌθɜːˈtiːnθs/
- 1Plural of thirteenth.
Three thirteenths of the budget went toward marketing that year.
The recipe gave its measurements in thirteenths, which made the math awkward.
Note
The plural serves every noun use of the ordinal, though fractions are where it turns up most: three thirteenths, five thirteenths, with the ordinal naming the denominator. It can also count musical intervals of an octave and a sixth, or recurring thirteenth days of the month. The adjective has no plural (a thirteenth chapter, never thirteenths chapters), so any thirteenths in a sentence is a noun.
thirteenths is a form of thirteenth
thirteenth, noun: The person or thing occupying position number thirteen in a series. Full entry
- Forms
- thirteenththirteenths plural
- Spelling
- thirteenth → thirteenths: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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