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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One of fifty-five equal parts of a whole.

   "A fifty-fifth of 1100 is 20."

Adjective

1. 1
   The ordinal form of the number fifty-five, describing a person or thing in position number 55 of a sequence.

   "The answer appears on the fifty-fifth page of the book."

Adjective

1. 1
   the ordinal number of fifty-five in counting order wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

55th55th

Example

More examples

"The answer appears on the fifty-fifth page of the book."

Etymology

From fifty-five + -th (ordinal suffix), after fifth.

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