ORDINAL NUMBER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The number designating place in an ordered sequence

Synonyms:

no.; ordinal; ordinal number

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("ordinal number" is a kind of...):

number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ordinal number"):

first; number 1; number one (the first element in a countable series)