Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Being the ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number one hundred eighty: Denoting position in a sequence that follows the one hundred seventy-ninth and precedes the one hundred eighty-first. It is formed by combining the cardinal number "one hundred eighty" with the ordinal suffix "-th".

Usage

• As an adjective modifying a noun: It is used to indicate the position or order of something in a series of one hundred eighty or more items.
  • The company celebrated its hundred-and-eightieth anniversary this year.
  • He finished in the hundred-and-eightieth place in the marathon.

Advanced Usage

• In formal or technical sequencing: Often used in historical, academic, or statistical contexts to denote a precise position.
  • This principle is discussed in the hundred-and-eightieth theorem of the treatise.
• As a nominal adjective (functioning as a noun): Can be used to represent the item in that position.
  • The hundred-and-eightieth to be elected was sworn in today.

Variants and Related Words

• One hundred eightieth: An alternative, often more formal, phrasing without hyphens.
• 180th: The standard numerical abbreviation.
• Ordinal number: The grammatical category for words like "first," "second," "hundred-and-eightieth."

Synonyms

• 180th: The numerical synonym.

Notes on Meaning

• This word has a single, specific numerical meaning. It does not have idiomatic uses or phrasal verbs, as it is a precise ordinal numeral. Its usage is consistent across contexts where ordinal numbering is required.

Adjective

1. the ordinal number of one hundred eighty in counting order