English

Numeral

eighty-sixth

1. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number eighty-six, describing a person or thing in position number 86 of a sequence.

   The answer appears on the eighty-sixth page of the book.

   She finished eighty-sixth in the race.

Usage notes

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

Abbreviations

• 86th, 86^th

Noun

eighty-sixth ‎(plural eighty-sixths)

1. (fractional) One of eighty-six equal parts of a whole.

   An eighty-sixth of 1720 is 20.

Anagrams

• sixty-eighth