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# nineteenth

«nineteenth» in Mova's school dictionary: **Nineteenth tells the place number 19 in order, like the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective, number (nineteenth); noun (a nineteenth, nineteenths)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Nineteenth tells the place number 19 in order, like the nineteenth runner to finish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteenth/#m1)

2) A nineteenth is one of nineteen equal parts of something (1/19). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteenth/#m2)

3) «The nineteenth century» is the hundred years we call the 1800s. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteenth/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a position in an order or a line, not an amount; written 19th; as a fraction, 1/19. In everyday life: birthdays and floors («the nineteenth floor»). In history and stories: «the nineteenth century», the time of steam trains and Queen Victoria.

### examples

- She was the nineteenth in line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteenth/#x1)
- On the nineteenth page there is a map. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteenth/#x2)
- He finished nineteenth in the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteenth/#x3)
- They live on the nineteenth floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteenth/#x4)
- Steam trains spread in the nineteenth century. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteenth/#x5)
- Each pupil got one nineteenth of the cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteenth/#x6)
- Today is her nineteenth birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteenth/#x7)
- The nineteenth question was the hardest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteenth/#x8)
- It has been preserved in no less than five versions (or six, including Macpherson's "Darthula") ranging from the twelfth to the nineteenth century. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteenth/#x9)

### note

A place in order, not a count of things. Trap: «the nineteenth in line» means 18 are in front. Written 19th. Trap: «the nineteenth century» is the 1800s, not the 1900s (century number = first two digits + 1). «A nineteenth of» means divide by 19.

### In the corpora

- [the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.857/)
- [For the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.900/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «nineteenth» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteenth/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.