Definition of nth
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: numbered with an unspecified or indefinitely large ordinal number
- for the nth time
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Examples of nth in a Sentence
exaggerates to the nth degree about everything she ever did
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Mean Girls would have been that to the nth degree in terms of the fandom.
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The creation was a custom Prada and, much like her roles in the Marvel movies, represented female empowerment to the nth degree.
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And the bane of any first-time (or even nth-time) builder, the case front panel connectors, is greatly simplified here.
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Were the jokes too predictable, after the nth iteration of gluttony, Garfield’s disdain for the dog Odie and his fear of spiders?
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Leave a Note Expect luxury to the nth degree at this hotel looking out over the Eternal City atop Monte Mario, Rome’s highest hill.
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All of that is amped up and working to the nth degree in the first two hours.
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Any minor mistakes in an individual recipe will be compounded to the nth-degree, perishable ingredients like fruit juice can turn the whole operation into a fermented mess, and citrus and sugar risk corroding the tap's materials.
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In today’s highly corporatized, analyzed-to-the-nth-degree baseball, maybe there simply isn’t any room for another Roy Hobbs.
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Origin and Etymology of nth
n (indefinite number) + -th
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First Known Use: 1756
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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Synonyms
consummate, last, max, maximum, most, outside, paramount, supreme, top, ultimate, utmost, uttermost;
Related Words
unequaled (or unequalled), unmatched, unparalleled, unrivaled (or unrivalled), unsurpassed;
NTH Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of nth for English Language Learners
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—used to refer to an unknown number in a series of numbers
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