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nth

/ɛnθ/

nth adjective: occurring at position n in a sequence.

Adjective

nth (not comparable)

  1. Occurring at position n in a sequence.
  2. (informal) Occurring at a relatively large but unspecified position in a series.
    • Shea had just beaten me at chess, as usual, and, also as usual, I had gleaned what questionable satisfaction I might by twitting him with this indication of failing mentality by calling his attention to the nth time to that theory, propounded by certain scientists, which is based upon the assertion...1922, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Prelude”, in The Chessmen of Mars
    Synonyms:
    umpteenth

Noun

nth (plural nths)

  1. The item at position n in a sequence.
  2. (informal) The item in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series.
    • This is, after all, not strange, for none of them had either knowledge or experience in Occult matters, whereas for over thirty years I have made a special study of this subject, and have gone to and fro over the earth investigating to the nth all records of Spiritual Phenomena.1909, Bram Stoker, The Lady of the Shroud

nth meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Indonesian

nth in Urdu

بعید ترین, بےحد, پرلے سرے کی

nth in Bengali

আধুনিকতম, সাম্প্রতিকতম, চরমতম, শেষতম

nth in Indonesian

occurring at position n
ke-n

Synonyms of nth

Forms of nth

pluralnths

Origin of nth

From n + -th (ordinal suffix).

Words formed from nth

Words that rhyme with nth

Questions about nth

What does nth mean?
Nth means occurring at position n in a sequence.
What is nth in Urdu?
Nth in Urdu is بعید ترین, بےحد, پرلے سرے کی. See Nth meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is nth?
Nth can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce nth?
Nth is pronounced /ɛnθ/.

Words near nth in the dictionary

  1. NTF-ELCAC
  2. NTFL
  3. NTFS
  4. ntfy
  5. NTG
  6. nth
  7. NTHi
  8. nthn
  9. NTHP
  10. nths
  11. Nti

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nth (page history and authors); nth (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nth (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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