forty-eighth

English

English numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: forty-eight
    Ordinal: forty-eighth
    Abbreviated ordinal: 48th
    Adverbial: forty-eight times

Etymology

From forty-eight +‎ -th (ordinal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌfɔːti ˈeɪ(t)θ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌfɔɹti ˈeɪ(t)θ/

Adjective

forty-eighth

  1. The ordinal form of the number forty-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 48 of a sequence.
    The answer appears on the forty-eighth page of the book.
    She finished forty-eighth in the race.

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Noun

forty-eighth (plural forty-eighths)

  1. One of forty-eight equal parts of a whole.
    A forty-eighth of 960 is 20.

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