Definition

1. 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.

Adjective

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