Thirteenth
adjective
The ordinal form of the number thirteen, coming after the twelfth and before the fourteenth.
Today is the thirteenth of November.
Often appears as...
- thirteenth century
- thirteenth birthday
noun
A person or thing in the position or rank of number thirteen in a sequence.
He finished the race in thirteenth place.
Often appears as...
- finished in thirteenth
- came in thirteenth
noun
In music, the thirteenth is the note thirteen steps away from the root note in a musical scale.
He played a chord that included the thirteenth.
Often appears as...
- thirteenth chord
- thirteenth note
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adjective
The ordinal form of the number thirteen, coming after the twelfth and before the fourteenth.
Today is the thirteenth of November.
Often appears as...
- thirteenth century
- thirteenth birthday
noun
A person or thing in the position or rank of number thirteen in a sequence.
He finished the race in thirteenth place.
Often appears as...
- finished in thirteenth
- came in thirteenth
noun
In music, the thirteenth is the note thirteen steps away from the root note in a musical scale.
He played a chord that included the thirteenth.
Often appears as...
- thirteenth chord
- thirteenth note
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Superstition Link
Some people consider the number thirteen unlucky, affecting how it's viewed in different cultures.
There's no thirteenth floor in many buildings.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Dates
Besides dates, 'thirteenth' can refer to order in lists, positions, or events.
She stood in the thirteenth spot in line.
Pro Tip 3/3Birthday Milestone
'Thirteenth' can mark special occasions, like transitions from childhood to teenage years.
Sam's thirteenth birthday was a big event.
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Safari Live - Day 218 PIPE...
and find the diminutive characters I promised we'd try and introduce to you in the meantime let us go across to the dried Sydney macaw see and find out what his plans are for this the thirteenth episode of Safari lives a very very good afternoon and welcome to the beginning
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Where do superstitions...
eventually expanded into thirteen being an unlucky number in general. Now, this fear of the number thirteen, called triskaidekaphobia, is so common that many buildings around the world skip the thirteenth floor,
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Jorge Drexler: Poetry,...
But this characteristic rhythm pattern comes from Africa. In the ninth century you could find it in the brothels of Persia, and in the thirteenth,
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Safari Live - Day 218 PIPE...
and find the diminutive characters I promised we'd try and introduce to you in the meantime let us go across to the dried Sydney macaw see and find out what his plans are for this the thirteenth episode of Safari lives a very very good afternoon and welcome to the beginning
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Where do superstitions...
eventually expanded into thirteen being an unlucky number in general. Now, this fear of the number thirteen, called triskaidekaphobia, is so common that many buildings around the world skip the thirteenth floor,
Video examples
Jorge Drexler: Poetry,...
But this characteristic rhythm pattern comes from Africa. In the ninth century you could find it in the brothels of Persia, and in the thirteenth,
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Hanya Yanagihara
American Novelist
Between their rise in the thirteenth century and their sudden fall in the seventeenth, when the line abruptly ended, the Medicis produced three popes, two queens, and many Florentine rulers, and they supported the work of Galileo, Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Botticelli - a veritable parade of geniuses.
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Zach Galifianakis
American Actor
You know, sometimes if you work - if you do a lot of takes and you work long hours, for me, at least, there is a delirium that starts kicking in on the fifteenth hour, and that can help. Below the just thirteenth hour is where I have a concern, because everybody's so tired.
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Murray Rothbard
American Economist
An attempt by the Mongols to introduce paper money in Persia in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries flopped because no one would accept it. The public had no confidence in the paper money despite the awesomely coercive decrees that always marked Mongol rule.
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Hu Shih
Chinese Philosopher
The rise of the dramas in the thirteenth century, and the rise of the great novels in a later period, together with their frank glorification of love and the joys of life, may be called the Third Renaissance.
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W. E. B. Du Bois
American Writer
In the Constitution of the United States, Negroes are referred to as fellows although the word 'slave' is carefully avoided before the thirteenth amendment.
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Siri Hustvedt
American Novelist
Years ago, when I was in Siena for the first time, I saw the works of Duccio, whose deeply emotional painting from the thirteenth century has never left me.
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Joan of Arc
French Saint
I was in my thirteenth year when I heard a voice from God to help me govern my conduct. And the first time I was very much afraid.
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George Burns
American Comedian
It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth.
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Shelley Berman
American Comedian
I am presently in my thirteenth year of teaching a graduate course at the University of Southern California.
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Thomas Bulfinch
American Writer
It was not till toward the end of the thirteenth century that the prose romances began to appear.
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Hanya Yanagihara
American Novelist
Between their rise in the thirteenth century and their sudden fall in the seventeenth, when the line abruptly ended, the Medicis produced three popes, two queens, and many Florentine rulers, and they supported the work of Galileo, Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Botticelli - a veritable parade of geniuses.
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Zach Galifianakis
American Actor
You know, sometimes if you work - if you do a lot of takes and you work long hours, for me, at least, there is a delirium that starts kicking in on the fifteenth hour, and that can help. Below the just thirteenth hour is where I have a concern, because everybody's so tired.
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Murray Rothbard
American Economist
An attempt by the Mongols to introduce paper money in Persia in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries flopped because no one would accept it. The public had no confidence in the paper money despite the awesomely coercive decrees that always marked Mongol rule.
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Hu Shih
Chinese Philosopher
The rise of the dramas in the thirteenth century, and the rise of the great novels in a later period, together with their frank glorification of love and the joys of life, may be called the Third Renaissance.
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W. E. B. Du Bois
American Writer
In the Constitution of the United States, Negroes are referred to as fellows although the word 'slave' is carefully avoided before the thirteenth amendment.
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Siri Hustvedt
American Novelist
Years ago, when I was in Siena for the first time, I saw the works of Duccio, whose deeply emotional painting from the thirteenth century has never left me.
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Joan of Arc
French Saint
I was in my thirteenth year when I heard a voice from God to help me govern my conduct. And the first time I was very much afraid.
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George Burns
American Comedian
It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth.
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Shelley Berman
American Comedian
I am presently in my thirteenth year of teaching a graduate course at the University of Southern California.
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Thomas Bulfinch
American Writer
It was not till toward the end of the thirteenth century that the prose romances began to appear.
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