fifty-sixth

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English

English ordinal numbers
 <  55th 56th 57th  > 
    Cardinal : fifty-six
    Ordinal : fifty-sixth

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fifty-sixth

  1. The ordinal form of the number fifty-six, describing a person or thing in position number 56 of a sequence.
    The answer appears on the fifty-sixth page of the book.
    She finished fifty-sixth 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-sixth (plural fifty-sixths)

  1. One of fifty-six equal parts of a whole.
    A fifty-sixth of 1120 is 20.

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