thirteenth
part of speech
ordinal number; adjective (thirteenth); noun (a thirteenth, thirteenths)
meaning for a pupil
1) Thirteenth means number 13 in order, after the twelfth and before the fourteenth. tree →
2) A thirteenth is one of thirteen equal parts of something. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths it is used for order (ordinal numbers) and for fractions: one thirteenth = 1/13. In everyday life: the thirteenth floor, a thirteenth birthday (becoming a teenager). Some people believe the number thirteen is unlucky; that is a superstition, not a fact. Written short as 13th.
examples
- She came thirteenth in the race. tree →
- My thirteenth birthday makes me a teenager. tree →
- Some buildings skip the thirteenth floor. tree →
- One thirteenth of 26 is 2. tree →
- He was the thirteenth person in the queue. tree →
- The thirteenth chapter is the scariest. tree →
- If a cake is cut into thirteen equal pieces, each is a thirteenth. tree →
- You wish to know why we never eat of the thirteenth dish? tree →
note
Spelling: thir-teen-th (no «e» dropped). Short form: 13th. Fraction: 1/13; two thirteenths = 2/13. Do not confuse with «thirtieth» (30th). The idea that thirteen is unlucky is a myth.
In the corpora
- Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
- For the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
Trees and pragmatics
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