English

Numeral

eighty-fifth

1. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number eighty-five, describing a person or thing in position number 85 of a sequence.

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

   She finished eighty-fifth 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

• 85th, 85^th

Noun

eighty-fifth ‎(plural eighty-fifths)

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

   An eighty-fifth of 1700 is 20.

Anagrams

• fifty-eighth