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fifty-seventh

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English

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English ordinal numbers
 <  56th 57th 58th  > 
    Cardinal : fifty-seven
    Ordinal : fifty-seventh

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˌfɪfti ˈsɛvənθ/

    Adjective

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    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.

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    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

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    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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