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49

49

230 1.0
A number that is nine more than forty and one less than fifty
  • numeral
translation icon : cuarenta y nueve
  • Almost half the Maronites (49%) felt this way, compared to only 35% of Shiites.
  • 49 percent
  • 49 years
  • 45 to 49

Examples

  • Open your books to page 49.

    Walkout (2006)

  • So, tonight, one, and only one, of you will leave here owning 49% of this venture.

    Johnny English (2003)

  • I said 50 cars, not 49 and a half.

    Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)

  • The experimental group mean, 49, was 10 points higher than the control group mean of 39.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Sports betting's illegal in 49 states including this one.

    Two for the Money (2005)

  • The most complex needs were experienced by men aged between 20 and 49, and especially those in their mid-thirties.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Participants were 96 second-grade students whose home language was Spanish; 49 were female.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Ben Cohen, the Ben of "Ben and Jerry's", a couple years ago, had a quintuple bypass procedure at the age of 49.

    Super Size Me (2004)

  • In a sample of orchestra students, 51 percent preferred Extraversion, while 49 percent preferred Introversion.

    Academic text (2011)

  • There were 49 contestants in the annual spelling bee competition.

Synonyms

forty-nine
vs49
12 1.0

The number after forty and before fifty

is shown as numerals using digits rather than written words

Surface Forms

49 cardinal digit
forty-nine cardinal word
49th ordinal digit
forty-ninth ordinal word

Etymology

49 Is simply made from the words forty and nine, so it literally means 'forty' plus 'nine'. A helpful way to remember it is that it is nine more than forty and one less than fifty, and it is also seven times seven, which is why you often see it in counts and ages.