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Definitions

Noun

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

   "An eighty-eighth of 1760 is 20."

Adjective

1. 1
   The ordinal form of the number eighty-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 88 of a sequence.

   "The answer appears on the eighty-eighth page of the book."

Synonyms

All synonyms

88th

Example

More examples

"The answer appears on the eighty-eighth page of the book."

Etymology

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

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