1. a number that refers to the position of something in a series, for example ‘first’, ‘second’, etc. Compare : cardinalTopics ,
   Word OriginMiddle English (referring to a service book in the Christian church): the noun from medieval Latin ordinale (neuter); the adjective from late Latin ordinalis ‘relating to order in a series’, from Latin ordo, ordin- ‘row, series, rank’.

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1. referring to or connected with the position of something in a series
   • ● the ordinal numbers
   • ● a five-point ordinal scale
   Collocations: Ordinal is used with these nouns:

   • number

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