English

Numeral

fifty-sixth

1. (ordinal) 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.

Usage notes

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

Abbreviations

• 56th, 56^th

Translations

Noun

fifty-sixth ‎(plural fifty-sixths)

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

   A fifty-sixth of 1120 is 20.

Anagrams

• sixty-fifth