44th
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- adjective
- /ˈfɔrtiˈfɔrθ/
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cuadragésimo cuarto
- This year marks the 44th anniversary of our school's founding.
Examples
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Obama wins re-election as 44th President of the United States!
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In 2008, Americans chose Barack Obama to be the 44th president of the United States.
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...to become the 44th president...
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Barack Obama is once again the 44th president of the United States.
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Congratulations to Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States.
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Barack Hussein Obama, the 44th President of the United States.
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The inauguration of Barack Obama as our 44th President is set to bring millions to our National Mall.
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Barack Obama, America's 44th president, loped into the arena last night, applauding himself.
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Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States in 2009.
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She was excited to attend the ceremony for the 44th annual awards presentation.
Synonyms
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Number that comes after forty-three in a list
Surface Forms
Morphology
44th = 44 (transparent) = 44 + th
The suffix '-th' is a standard ordinal marker in English, making the meaning clear for learners familiar with ordinal numbers.
Etymology
44Th is the number 'forty-four' with the ending -th, a common English ending that shows order or position, as in 5th or 21st. So 44th simply means the item or person in position 'number 44' in a list.