hundred-and-fifteenth
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The athlete proudly wears the hundred-and-fifteenth medal awarded in the competition.
Definition
- Adjective:
- Being the ordinal number corresponding to one hundred fifteen: "hundred-and-fifteenth" describes the position in a sequence that comes after the hundred-and-fourteenth and before the hundred-and-sixteenth. It is the ordinal form of the cardinal number 115.
Usage
- As an adjective modifying a noun: The word is used to indicate the precise order or position of an item in a series of one hundred fifteen or more items.
- The hundred-and-fifteenth day of the year.
- She finished in the hundred-and-fifteenth place in the marathon.
Examples
- Adjective:
- We are celebrating the company's hundred-and-fifteenth anniversary this year.
- The hundred-and-fifteenth page of the manuscript was missing.
Advanced Usage
- In formal lists and sequences: Commonly used in legal, historical, or technical contexts to specify an exact position.
- The amendment was listed as the hundred-and-fifteenth proposal on the docket.
Variants and Related Words
- 115th: The standard numerical abbreviation for "hundred-and-fifteenth".
- One hundred and fifteenth: An alternative, more verbose phrasing with the same meaning.
- Cardinal number: One hundred fifteen (115): The quantity, not the position.
Synonyms
- 115th: (The direct numerical synonym).
Notes on Meaning
- This is a compound ordinal number formed from the cardinal number "one hundred fifteen" plus the ordinal suffix "-th". It follows the standard pattern for forming ordinal numbers in English for numbers above one hundred.
The athlete proudly wears the hundred-and-fifteenth medal awarded in the competition.
Adjective
- the ordinal number of one hundred fifteen in counting order