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Vocabulary Entry
ordinal
|adjective • noun
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A
adjective
Related to order or rank, especially in a sequence.
Example Sentences
"First and second are ordinal numbers."
"The teacher explained the ordinal position of each item."
"Ordinal words show order, not quantity."
N
noun
A number or term that shows position in a sequence.
Example Sentences
"One, two, and three are cardinal numbers, while first, second, and third are ordinals."
"He wrote the ordinal for the date."
"The chart listed each ordinal in order."