Nineteenth Meaning
/ˌnaɪnˈtiːnθ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjThe ordinal form of the number nineteen.
nounThe person or thing in the nineteenth position.
Sentence Examples
Not until the end of the nineteenth century, did plant breeding become a scientific discipline.
The nineteenth century was the age of the white man's civilization.
Urban life in the nineteenth century is well documented.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ amendment to the US Constitution, ratified in 1920, gave women the right to vote.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ century saw many major breakthroughs in science and technology.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English nineteen English -th English nineteenth From nineteen + -th.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Images of Dutchness in American visual culture and literature during the nineteenth century differed radically between portrayals of the Netherlands Dutch and those of the American Dutch."
— 2009, Hans Krabbendam, Cornelis A. van Minnen, Giles Scott-Smith, Four Centuries of Dutch-American Relations: 1609-2009, page 238:
"Fortunately, this paper does not consist of 13 pages. Otherwise, in the nineteenth century, over 15% of Americans would drop this essay without a second thought, 45% would consider throwing it away, and the remaining 40% would not be influenced by whether the paper had 13 pages or not and would have a fighting chance of actually making it to the end (Lachenmeyer 92)."
— 2014, Adithep Narula, “Unlucky 13 and Human Nature”, in University of California, Santa Barbara, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2024, page 1:
"But in fact the antinomy of exceptionalism and assimilationism has been there all along, and otherwise puzzling decisions from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries become readily understandable when seen as moments when assimilationism was ascendant."
— 2024 September 30, Michael Doran, “EXCEPTIONALISM AND ASSIMILATIONISM IN FEDERAL INDIAN LAW”, in Stanford Law School, volume 20, number 2, page 268, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2025:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ amendment to the US Constitution, ratified in 1920, gave women the right to vote.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ century saw many major breakthroughs in science and technology.