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Word

fourteenth

Phoneticsfour·teenth

US/ˈfɔɹˈtinθ/

UK/fˈɔːtiːnθ/

Definitions

01position 14

A2

num. coming after the thirteenth and before the fifteenth in a series.

num. the ordinal number matching the cardinal number fourteen in a sequence.

“Her birthday is on the fourteenth of July.”

“The fourteenth chapter of the novel introduces the primary antagonist, shifting the narrative tone significantly for the remainder of the book.”

Synonyms

14th

02a fraction

B2 · Math

n. one of fourteen equal parts of a whole thing.

n. one of fourteen equal parts into which a whole is or may be divided.

“Each person received a fourteenth of the total prize money.”

“The inheritance was divided strictly, with each distant relative receiving exactly one fourteenth of the estate's liquid assets.”

03musical interval

C2 · Music

n. a large distance between two musical notes that covers almost two octaves.

n. a compound musical interval spanning an octave and a seventh.

“The pianist had to stretch his hand to reach the fourteenth.”

“The composer utilised a fourteenth in the bass clef to create a sense of profound harmonic tension before the final resolution.”

Technical

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English fourtenthe, fourtethe, from Old English fēowertēoþa, equivalent to fourteen + -th.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Domain

Music

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Level
A2 · Elementary
Frequency
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