📖 Definitions of "Ordinals"
noun
- 1
An ordinal number such as first, second and third.
"The most common numerals in Latin, as in English, are the "cardinals"...and the "ordinals"... — F. M. Wheelock, Wheelock’s Latin, 6th ed. revised (2005), p97"
- 2
A book used in the ordination of Anglican ministers, or in certain Roman Catholic services
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ordinals"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| ordinal numbernoun | (grammar) A word that expresses the relative position of an item in a sequence. |
| thirdnoun | The person or thing in the third position. |
| zeronoun | The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero. |
| nthnoun | (mathematics) The item at position n in a sequence. |
| 2dnoun | (British, Ireland, etc., historical) Abbreviation of two pence, tuppence (in pre-decimalisation currency, never used for 'two new pence'). |
| 3rdverb | Abbreviation of third. [The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.] |
| 2nd | Abbreviation of second. [Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.] |
| quaternarynoun | (geology) The Quaternary period or the system of deposits laid down during it. |
| fourthnoun | (in the singular) The person or thing in the fourth position. |
| 4thnoun | Alternative form of Fourth. [(US) The Fourth of July.] |
| centesimal | Divided into a hundred parts. |
| tenthnoun | The person or thing coming next after the ninth in a series; that which is in the tenth position. |
| eighthnoun | The person or thing in the eighth position. |
| fifthnoun | One of five equal parts of a whole: one-fifth. |
| sixthnoun | (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the sixth position. |
| umptieth | (informal) A generic ordinal number; a last or one of the latest in a long series; implies repetition. |
| umpteenth | (informal, often slightly derogatory) Occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a sequence. |
| 1000th | Abbreviation of thousandth. [The ordinal numeral form of one thousand; last in order of a series of a thousand; next after the nine hundred and ninety-ninth.] |
| 5th | Abbreviation of fifth. [The ordinal form of the number five.] |
| 8th | Abbreviation of eighth. [The ordinal form of the number eight.] |
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