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fifty-seven

fifty-seven

16 1.0
A number equal to fifty plus seven
  • numeral
  • /ˈfɪfti ˈsɛvən/
translation icon : cincuenta y siete
  • After counting the votes, the results showed a fifty-seven to forty-two margin in favor of the proposal.
  • fifty-seven percent
  • fifty-seven years
  • fifty-seven years old

Examples

  • Attitude in school is rated the lowest at fifty-seven percent reporting a positive impact.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Despite his fifty-seven years, he has the challenging voice and arrogant black eyes of his youth.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • The wonder was that he had made it to the age of fifty-seven.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • A total of three hundred and fifty-seven students participated in this study.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The subjects for this study consisted of fifty-seven education majors.

    Academic text (1993)
  • In order to answer this question, I contacted fifty-seven lawyers to ask them which interpretive rule they generally preferred.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Three hundred and fifty-seven eighth and ninth-grade students participated in the study.

    Academic text (2000)
  • We have fifty-seven of these in our sector right now; fifty-seven pacing programs.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Only two other Japanese have received a Nobel Prize in Physics, compared to fifty-seven Americans and nineteen Germans.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The temperature climbed to fifty-seven degrees, making it a perfect day for a picnic.

Synonyms

lvii
vsfifty-seven
9.7

A Roman numeral that means 57

is the same quantity written in digits or words

How Many

sixty
351 1.0
fifty-seven
16 1.0
fifty
876 1.0

Surface Forms

fifty-seven cardinal word
57 cardinal digit
fifty seven cardinal word

Morphology

fifty-seven = fifty + seven (transparent) = fifty + seven

A straightforward numeric compound where the value is the sum of its parts (fifty + seven = 57).

Etymology

Fifty-seven simply joins fifty ('five tens') and seven ('7') to mean 'fifty plus seven', so it names the number that is seven more than fifty.