eighty-seventh

From eighty-seven +‎ -th (ordinal suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˌeɪti ˈsɛvənθ/

eighty-seventh

1. The ordinal form of the number eighty-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 87 of a sequence.

   The answer appears on the eighty-seventh page of the book.

   She finished eighty-seventh in the race.

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

• 87th, 87^th

eighty-seventh (plural eighty-sevenths)

1. One of eighty-seven equal parts of a whole.

   An eighty-seventh of 1740 is 20.

• seventy-eighth