TENTH
What does "TENTH" mean?
Coming after ninth in order, or one of ten equal parts of a whole.
Meanings
- Constituting number ten in a sequence; the ordinal form of ten. This is her tenth marathon this year.
- One of ten equal parts; a fraction equal to one divided by ten. A dime is a tenth of a dollar.
- A musical interval spanning an octave plus a third. His left hand could stretch a tenth on the piano. technical
Word origin
From Old English 'tēoþa', the ordinal of 'tīen' (ten), later reshaped to match 'ten'; the 'th' ending marks the ordinal as in 'fourth' and 'fifth'.
Remember it
TENTH = TEN + TH: just stack the ordinal ending 'th' onto 'ten', the same move that makes 'fourth' and 'sixth'.
A little poem
Nine tries burned, the tenth one true -
the dull ones paid for the breakthrough.
couplet
Wordplay
- I gave the project my all - ten tenths. There was nothing left, but at least it added up.
What it teaches
Cut a thing into tenths and you see how small a difference still moves the whole.
Quick facts
What does TENTH mean?
Coming after ninth in order, or one of ten equal parts of a whole.
Is TENTH a valid word?
Yes — TENTH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TENTH?
TENTH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does TENTH come from?
From Old English 'tēoþa', the ordinal of 'tīen' (ten), later reshaped to match 'ten'; the 'th' ending marks the ordinal as in 'fourth' and 'fifth'.
What can TENTH teach us?
Cut a thing into tenths and you see how small a difference still moves the whole.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.