28TH

 Dictionary entry overview: What does 28th mean? 

• 28TH (adjective)
  The adjective 28TH has 1 sense:

1. coming next after the twenty-seventh in position

  Familiarity information: 28TH used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• 28TH (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coming next after the twenty-seventh in position

Synonyms:

28th; twenty-eighth

Similar:

ordinal (being or denoting a numerical order in a series)

 Context examples 

A curved elevation of gray matter extending the entire length of the floor of the temporal horn of the lateral ventricle (Dorland, 28th ed).

(Hippocampus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

That portion of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord. (Dorland, 28th ed) (MSH98)

(Murine Central Nervous System, NCI Thesaurus/DCTD-CD)

A relatively painless, irregular tightening sensation felt by the pregnant mother over the abdomen after the 28th week of pregnancy, that lasts about a minute each time

(False Labor, NCI Thesaurus)

A beta-lactamase preferentially cleaving penicillins. (Dorland, 28th ed) EC 3.5.2.-.

(Beta-Lactamase, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

But Mrs. Rushworth's day of good looks will come; we have cards for her first party on the 28th.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

I remember it was written from Weymouth, and dated Sept. 28th—and began, 'My dear Madam,' but I forget how it went on; and it was signed 'F. C. Weston Churchill.'—I remember that perfectly.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Mr. John Knightley must be in town again on the 28th, and we ought to be thankful, papa, that we are to have the whole of the time they can give to the country, that two or three days are not to be taken out for the Abbey.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)