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oneths

oneths is the plural of oneth.

Meaning of oneth

Noun

oneth (plural oneths)

  1. (nonstandard) (in compounds with twenty-, thirty-, forty-, etc.) A fractional part of an integer ending in one
    • about twenty thirty-oneths in value of such sales being made as hereinafter mentioned to a syndicate of persons in the United Kingdom, about seven thirty-oneths to residents in the United States, and about four thirty-oneths to residents in other European countries and the colonies. —"Brooke & Co....
  2. An ordinal value that is represented by an expression ending in 1 such as the (n + 1)th.
    • And then it was found that Dr. Whewell, or, as others asserted, one Dr. Donaldson, of Cambridge, had already responded to a similar challenge with an anticipatory variation of the idea : Youths who would senior wranglers be Must drink the juice distilled from tea, Must burn the midnight oil from...1892, William S. Walsh, Handy-Book of Literary Curiosities, page 970

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Questions about oneths

What is oneths the plural of?
Oneths is the plural of oneth.

Words near oneths in the dictionary

  1. onespot fringehead
  2. onespot fringeheads
  3. onest
  4. oneteen
  5. oneth
  6. oneths
  7. oneties
  8. onetime
  9. onety-one
  10. onety-oneth
  11. oneupmanship

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