ORDINAL NUMBER


Meaning of ORDINAL NUMBER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɔ:(r)dɪn(ə)l nʌmbə(r) ]

( ordinal numbers)

An ordinal number or an ordinal is a word such as ‘first’, ‘third’, and ‘tenth’ that tells you where a particular thing occurs in a sequence of things. Compare cardinal number .

N-COUNT

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