English

Numeral

forty-eighth

1. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number forty-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 48 of a sequence.

   The answer appears on the forty-eighth page of the book.

   She finished forty-eighth 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

• 48th, 48^th

Noun

forty-eighth ‎(plural forty-eighths)

1. (fractional) One of forty-eight equal parts of a whole.

   A forty-eighth of 960 is 20.