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Ordinal numbers

billionth

number

in the place or position counted as number one billion

eighth

number

in the place or position counted as number 8

eleventh

number

in the place or position counted as number 11

fifteenth

number

in the place or position counted as number 15

fifth

number

in the place or position counted as number 5

fiftieth

number

in the place or position counted as number 50

fortieth

number

in the place or position counted as number 40

fourteenth

number

in the place or position counted as number 14

fourth

number

in the place or position counted as number 4

hundredth

number

in the place or position counted as number 100

nineteenth

number

in the place or position counted as number 19

ninetieth

number

in the place or position counted as number 90

ninth

number

in the place or position counted as number nine

ordinal number

noun

a number such as ‘first’ or ‘second’ that shows what position something has in a series

second

number

in the place or position counted as number two

seventeenth

number

in the place or position counted as number 17

seventh

number

in the place or position counted as number 7

seventieth

number

in the place or position counted as number 70

sixteenth

number

in the place or position counted as number 16

sixth

number

in the place or position counted as number 6

sixtieth

number

in the place or position counted as number 60

tenth

number

in the place or position counted as number ten

tertiary

adjective

in the place or position counted as number three

third

in the place or position counted as number 3

thirteenth

number

in the place or position counted as number 13

thirtieth

number

in the place or position counted as number 30

thousandth

number

in the place or position counted as number 1,000

twelfth

number

in the place or position counted as number 12

twentieth

number

in the place or position counted as number 20

eighteenth

number

eightieth

number

millionth

number

umpteenth

adjective

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