THIRTEENTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thirteenth mean? 

• THIRTEENTH (noun)
  The noun THIRTEENTH has 1 sense:

1. position 13 in a countable series of things

  Familiarity information: THIRTEENTH used as a noun is very rare.

• THIRTEENTH (adjective)
  The adjective THIRTEENTH has 1 sense:

1. coming next after the twelfth in position

  Familiarity information: THIRTEENTH used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THIRTEENTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Position 13 in a countable series of things

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("thirteenth" is a kind of...):

rank (relative status)

• THIRTEENTH (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coming next after the twelfth in position

Synonyms:

13th; thirteenth

Similar:

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

 Context examples 

The designation for each member of the thirteenth largest human autosomal chromosome pair.

(Chromosome 13, NCI Thesaurus)

Just as eleven of them had done blessing her, a great noise was heard in the courtyard, and word was brought that the thirteenth fairy was come, with a black cap on her head, and black shoes on her feet, and a broomstick in her hand: and presently up she came into the dining-hall.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)