Meaning

1 senses
  1. To divide by ten, into tenths.

Examples

69 sentences
  1. School begins on April the tenth.

    ruЗанятия в школе начинаются десятого апреля. — marafon

    deDie Schule beginnt am zehnten April. — MUIRIEL

  2. He is in the tenth grade.

    ruОн в десятом классе. — shanghainese

    deEr ist in der zehnten Klasse. — al_ex_an_der

  3. We celebrated our tenth wedding anniversary yesterday.

    ruВчера мы отпраздновали десятую годовщину нашей свадьбы. — odexed

    deWir feierten gestern den zehnten Jahrestag unserer Hochzeit. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom checkmated Mary on the tenth move.

    deTom setzte Maria in zehn Zügen schachmatt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. She will return home next Sunday, that is, the tenth.

    deSie kommt nächsten Sonntag nach Hause, also am Zehnten. — Yorwba

Origin

From Middle English tenth, tenthe. Old English had tēoþa (origin of Modern English tithe),

From Middle English tenth, tenthe. Old English had tēoþa (origin of Modern English tithe), but the force of analogy to the cardinal number "ten" caused Middle English speakers to recreate the regular ordinal and re-insert the nasal consonant. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tehundô. Equivalent to ten (numeral) + -th (suffix forming ordinals).

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Forms

tenths, tenthing, tenthed, tenthed
Base formtenth · to tenth
3rd person singulartenths
Present participletenthing
Past simpletenthed
Past participletenthed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytenth
he, she, ittenths

Past simpleLesson

all personstenthed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tenthed
he, she, ithas tenthed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tenth

See also

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