Definition of Twenty-fifth

1. Adjective. Coming next after the twenty-fourth in position.

Exact synonyms: 25th
Similar to: Ordinal

Definition of Twenty-fifth

1. Adjective. The ordinal form of the number twenty-five. ¹

2. Noun. The person or thing in the twenty-fifth position. ¹

3. Noun. One of twenty-five equal parts of a whole. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Twenty-fifth

twelvepenny
twelvepenny nail
twelves
twelvescore
twelveth
twenny
twentie
twenties
twentieth
twentiethly
twentieths
twenty
twenty-eight
twenty-eighth
twenty-eighths
twenty-fifth (current term)
twenty-fifths
twenty-first
twenty-firsts
twenty-five
twenty-five-eight
twenty-five-thousander
twenty-five-thousanders
twenty-five/eight
twenty-five past
twenty-five percent
twenty-five to
twenty-four
twenty-four hours
twenty-four seven

Literary usage of Twenty-fifth

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore (1866)
"Before daylight, on the twenty-fifth, all had reached Richmond. Upon my arrival in Richmond, I received orders to report to General Huger, to be placed by ..."

2. Annual Report by Correctional Association of New York (1870)
"twenty-fifth ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. ... This Association has now completed the twenty-fifth year of its existence and labors. ..."

3. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1869)
"For ninth of twenty instalments for salary of the head chief of said confederated bands, per fourth article treaty twenty-fifth June, eighteen hundred and ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"But, since no extra day could be inserted in February, 1700, the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth of this month had to be treated as the sixth day of the moon ..."

5. The New York Red Book (1897)
"The twenty-sixth to thirty-first, and thirty-fifth to fortieth election districts of the sixth assembly district; twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth election ..."

6. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1901)
"Ladies and Gentlemen: This is the twenty-fifth State Fruit-Growers' Convention, and the twenty-first held under the auspices of the State Board of ..."

7. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"D. twenty-fifth Thousand. (Murray.) NOTES OX BOOKS, ETC. ... No wonder then that the words "twenty-fifth thousand," " eighteenth thousand," &c. ..."

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