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hundredth

hun·dredth

hundredth

 
pronunciation:
huhn drihtth
parts of speech:
adjective, noun
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part of speech: adjective
definition: coming next after the ninety-ninth in a series.
The magazine included a special article and pictures for its hundredth anniversary issue.
 
part of speech: noun
definition 1: one of one hundred equal parts of a whole; 0.01 or 1/100.
Lisa made a slight adjustment to the position of the telescope by moving it nine hundredths of a degree.
definition 2: the number, person, or thing that comes next after the ninety-ninth in a series.
She knew all the cows were safe in the pasture after she counted the hundredth.
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The word hundredth contains the following part:
-th1, -eth Old English adjective- and noun-forming suffix that means in the position in a series indicated by the base number;
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This suffix attaches to numbers to form ordinal numbers, such as "fourth " from "four." The spelling -eth is used when the base ends in y, as in "twentieth " from "twenty."