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fifty-ninth
fifty-ninth
English
< 58th | 59th | 60th > |
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Cardinal : fifty-nine Ordinal : fifty-ninth | ||
Numeral
fifty-ninth
- (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number fifty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 59 of a sequence.
- The answer appears on the fifty-ninth page of the book.
- She finished fifty-ninth 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
- 59th, 59th
Translations
ordinal number
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Noun
fifty-ninth (plural fifty-ninths)
- (fractional) One of fifty-nine equal parts of a whole.
- A fifty-ninth of 1180 is 20.