tenth

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tenth1 /tenθ/ ●●● S3 W3 adjective  HMNcoming after nine other things in a series 第十（个）的 in the tenth century 在10世纪 her tenth birthday 她的10岁生日 —tenth pronoun I’m planning to leave on the tenth (=the tenth day of the month). 我打算10号动身。

Examples from the Corpus

tenth• October is the tenth month.the tenth• Let's have dinner on the tenth.tenth2 noun [countable]  HMPARTone of ten equal parts of something 十分之一

Examples from the Corpus

tenth• The group plans to sell 20 acres, or about a tenth of the developable land, this year.• The cobalt abundance is usually about a tenth of the nickel concentration.• Just a tenth of the cells of our bodies are human.• It emitted less than a tenth as much radiation.• No shareholder is allowed to own more than a tenth of the company.• A tenth of people who drank such water are doomed to die, say doctors.

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tenth

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tenth¹ /tenθ/ adjective
coming after nine other things in a series:
    in the tenth century
    her tenth birthday
—tenth pronoun:
    I’m planning to leave on the tenth (=the tenth day of the month).

II

tenth² noun [countable]
one of ten equal parts of something