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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One of forty-nine equal parts of a whole.

   "A forty-ninth of 980 is 20."

Adjective

1. 1
   The ordinal form of the number forty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 49 of a sequence.

   "The answer appears on the forty-ninth page of the book."

Adjective

1. 1
   the ordinal number of forty-nine in counting order wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

49th49th

Example

More examples

"The answer appears on the forty-ninth page of the book."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

forty-ninth parallel

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