Ordering Words Alphabetically
The question asks to find the word that appears third when the given words are arranged in English dictionary order (alphabetical order). We need to compare the words letter by letter.
The words are:
- Sentimentally
- Sentinel
- Sententious
- Sentence
Comparing Word Prefixes
Let's compare the words based on their starting letters.
- Sentence starts with $Senten$...
- Sentimentally starts with $Senti$...
- Sentinel starts with $Senti$...
- Sententious starts with $Senten$...
The first difference occurs at the 5th letter. We have 'e' (in Sentence, Sententious) and 'i' (in Sentimentally, Sentinel). Since 'e' comes before 'i' in the alphabet, words starting with $Senten$ will come before words starting with $Senti$.
Ordering the 'Senten' Group
We compare Sentence and Sententious:
- Sentence: S E N T E N C E
- Sententious: S E N T E N T I O U S
The 7th letters are 'C' and 'T'. Since 'C' comes before 'T', Sentence comes before Sententious.
Order so far: 1. Sentence, 2. Sententious
Ordering the 'Senti' Group
Next, we compare Sentimentally and Sentinel:
- Sentimentally: S E N T I M E N T A L L Y
- Sentinel: S E N T I N E L
The 6th letters are 'M' and 'N'. Since 'M' comes before 'N', Sentimentally comes before Sentinel.
Order for this group: 3. Sentimentally, 4. Sentinel
Final Dictionary Order
Combining both groups gives the complete dictionary order:
- Sentence
- Sententious
- Sentimentally
- Sentinel
The word that comes third in this order is Sentimentally.
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