fifty-seventh

English

English ordinal numbers
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    Cardinal : fifty-seven
    Ordinal : fifty-seventh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌfɪfti ˈsɛvənθ/

Adjective

fifty-seventh

  1. The ordinal form of the number fifty-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 57 of a sequence.
    The answer appears on the fifty-seventh page of the book.
    She finished fifty-seventh in the race.

Usage notes

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

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Noun

fifty-seventh (plural fifty-sevenths)

  1. One of fifty-seven equal parts of a whole.
    A fifty-seventh of 1140 is 20.

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