English

Numeral

eighty-seventh

1. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number eighty-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 87 of a sequence.

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

   She finished eighty-seventh 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

• 87th, 87^th

Noun

eighty-seventh ‎(plural eighty-sevenths)

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

   An eighty-seventh of 1740 is 20.

Anagrams

• seventy-eighth