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1
10th
written
as a word:
Examples:
This is his
tenth
year of working for the
company
.
the
tenth
(of) Our next
meeting
is on the
tenth
(of
April
).
be/come
tenth
The
team
was/came
tenth
in the
league
.
2
one of
ten
equal
parts
of something:
Examples:
He
receives
a
tenth
of the
profits
.
3
the
distance
between
two
musical
notes
that are
ten
notes
apart
:
Examples:
Note
that the
lower
notes
form
tenths.
The
pianist
plays
an
extremely
long
major
tenth
.
4
See at
ten
.
5
(in the
position
of) the
number
10 in a
series
; 10th:
Examples:
My
sister
spoke
tenth
, right after me.
[
C
] It was the
tenth
of May.
6
A
tenth
is one of
ten
equal
parts
of something.
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