adjective
- coming after nine others in order or position
Usage: ordinal number
noun
- one of ten equal parts of something
- the person or thing in the tenth position
Examples
- She finished in tenth place in the race.
- This is my tenth attempt at solving the puzzle.
- He ate only a tenth of his dinner.
- A tenth of the students were absent today.
- The tenth chapter discusses climate change.
- She was the tenth person to arrive at the party.
- Only one-tenth of the iceberg is visible above water.