Tenth is an English word with synonyms like ordinal or rank. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Tenth meaning
- The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is ninth.
- Being one of ten equal parts of a whole.
Synonyms of Tenth
Using Tenth
- The main meaning on this page is: The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is ninth. | Being one of ten equal parts of a whole.
- Useful related words include: 10th, ordinal, one-tenth, tenth part.
- In the example corpus, tenth often appears in combinations such as: the tenth, tenth of, tenth and.
Context around Tenth
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tenth
- In this selection, "tenth" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bottom, top, titular, schedule, planet and sphere stand out and add context to how "tenth" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include against the tenth rate medical and around one tenth of the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tenth" sits close to words such as barnes, drain and echoed, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tenth
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Defection entails disqualification under the Tenth Schedule; nevertheless, the Tenth Schedule is violated with impunity. (15 words)
A grown adult man demonstrates how to spank a child a tenth of his age. (15 words)
Annual Redemption Payment Date" means the tenth Business Day of the month immediately following an Annual Redemption Date. (18 words)
He coined the terms the First Decimation of 844, which he saw as the removal of public dues on a tenth of all bookland, and the Second Decimation of 854, the donation of a tenth of "the private domain of the royal house" to the churches. (46 words)
According to the data from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, the rate was up a tenth of a percentage point from April but was a tenth of a point lower than the jobless rate from May of last year. (42 words)
When adjusted for inflation, the wages of workers in the bottom tenth of the U.S. economy have risen just 3% since 2000, while those in the top tenth have risen 15.7%, according to the Pew Research Center. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to the data from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, the rate was up a tenth of a percentage point from April but was a tenth of a point lower than the jobless rate from May of last year.
And also, this is your tenth time, tenth trip to the region since October 7th and you have always gone to Israel, but you won't be going this time.
Defection entails disqualification under the Tenth Schedule; nevertheless, the Tenth Schedule is violated with impunity.
When adjusted for inflation, the wages of workers in the bottom tenth of the U.S. economy have risen just 3% since 2000, while those in the top tenth have risen 15.7%, according to the Pew Research Center.
Debuting in "The Tenth Planet," the Cybermen are said to have originated on Mondas, the titular "tenth planet" of Earth's solar system.
He coined the terms the First Decimation of 844, which he saw as the removal of public dues on a tenth of all bookland, and the Second Decimation of 854, the donation of a tenth of "the private domain of the royal house" to the churches.
The tenth sphere One of the plot hooks that the second edition books put forth were persistent rumors of a "tenth sphere".
According to David Tennant in the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine (via ), the Fourteenth Doctor will “not necessarily” be “the same” character as the Tenth Doctor in the upcoming 60th anniversary specials.
A February 2022 article in reported that Breakthrough had gathered $1.5 billion of its funding, one-tenth of the way toward its goal.
A grown adult man demonstrates how to spank a child a tenth of his age.
All of this will build to the grand finale of the trailer forbeing released – the milestone tenth film in the franchise.
Annual Redemption Payment Date" means the tenth Business Day of the month immediately following an Annual Redemption Date.
Atlanta’s freshman catcher had two doubles and a home run, with the Dangers giving the Braves the win in extra innings in the tenth inning.
A Twitter user explains how they were able to buy two kilos of onions in Thailand for around one-tenth of the price in the Philippines.
Bars cluster together, and taxes on alcohol are as little as a tenth of what must be paid in other states that work harder to discourage drinking.
Based on the ratio of rent to income Connecticut is the tenth least affordable state in the country.
BBC shared unused takes of David Tennant's emotional final line on Doctor Who in 2010, during the moment when his Tenth Doctor had to say goodbye.
Bethesda recognized the improvements modders made to and chose to support them for the tenth anniversary with the release of the Skyrim Anniversary Edition in 2021 that included the Creation Club: mods officially supported by Bethesda.
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The Bundelkhand Vikas Sena of Lalitpur staged a sit-in at a garden in Lalitpur to protest against the tenth-rate medical facilities being provided at Laitpur district hospital.
Bowie overcame a four-run deficit, saw their own two-run lead erased in the ninth inning, and plated two runs in the tenth to win 8-6.
Common combinations with tenth
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the tenth 70×
- tenth of 32×
- tenth and 10×
- tenth in 10×
- his tenth 9×
- tenth anniversary 9×
- than tenth 8×
- tenth doctor 6×
- in tenth 6×
- and tenth 6×