fifty-fifth

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English

English ordinal numbers
 <  54th 55th 56th  > 
    Cardinal : fifty-five
    Ordinal : fifty-fifth

Adjective

fifty-fifth

  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.
    She finished fifty-fifth 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

fifty-fifth (plural fifty-fifths)

  1. One of fifty-five equal parts of a whole.
    A fifty-fifth of 1100 is 20.

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