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sixty-ninth

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English

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English ordinal numbers
 <  68th 69th 70th  > 
    Cardinal : sixty-nine
    Ordinal : sixty-ninth

Etymology

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    From sixty-nine + -th (ordinal suffix).

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    Adjective

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    sixty-ninth

    1. The ordinal form of the number sixty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 69 of a sequence.
      The answer appears on the sixty-ninth page of the book.
      She finished sixty-ninth in the race.

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    • English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

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    Noun

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    sixty-ninth (plural sixty-ninths)

    1. One of sixty-nine equal parts of a whole.
      A sixty-ninth of 1380 is 20.

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