twentieth

Pluraltwentieths

1. 1
   adjective

   Coming right after the nineteenth in a count, in position number twenty.

   Today is her twentieth birthday, so the whole family came over.

   We sat in the twentieth row and could barely see the stage.

2. 2
   nouncountable

   One part when something is split into twenty equal pieces.

   Like cutting a pizza into twenty equal slices and taking just one.

   Only a twentieth of the cake was left after the party.

   Each child received a twentieth of the prize money.

3. 3
   nouncountable

   The person or thing that comes number twenty in a row or list.

   She was the twentieth in line at the bakery that morning.

   His photo was the twentieth on the wall of the gallery.

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