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xlvii

xlvii

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A Roman numeral for the number 47
  • numeral
: XLVII
  • The numeral XLVII represents the value of 47 in the Roman numeral system.
  • Super XLVII
  • XLVII Bowl
  • winning Super Bowl XLVII

Examples

  • The Texans saw off the Bears in Chicago last week on primetime in a possible Super Bowl XLVII preview, a statement game for the franchise if ever there was one, and I'm frequently wary of a team coming off an emotional win.

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  • Enter for a chance to win tickets to Super Bowl XLVII.

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  • After all, many of the elected officials and bigwigs in Washington, D.C., will be in New Orleans that week for Super Bowl XLVII.

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  • Two Super Bowl XLVII tickets to the game played on February 3rd, 2013, at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.

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  • The National Super Bowl XLVII Sweeps hosted by Verizon Wireless will award four grand prize winners a trip for two to Super Bowl XLVII.

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  • Every calibrated word and recent moment of intrigue has shown that the 49ers are already fixed on the true hard target: Super Bowl XLVII, Feb. 3 in New Orleans.

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  • During the week leading up to Super Bowl XLVII, FedEx plans to announce the 2012 FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Year in New Orleans, as well as make a $25,000 donation in each winning player's name to Junior Achievement offices in their city.

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  • Although the 2012-13 NFL season isn't set to kick off for another five weeks, CBS on Thursday said it is already nearing a sellout of its available in-game inventory for Super Bowl XLVII.

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  • In Roman numerals, the number 47 is written as XLVII.

  • If you add the numbers X (10), L (50), V (5), and II (2), you get XLVII, which is 47.

Synonyms

forty-seven
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A number that is seven more than forty

is written as Roman numerals rather than as words

Surface Forms

xlvii cardinal word
47 cardinal digit
47th ordinal digit
XLVII roman numeral

Etymology

The word xlvii is a Roman numeral that stands for the number 47 and is made from letters that are also numbers: X '10', L '50', V '5' and I '1'. Here X before L means 'ten less than fifty' which gives 40 and VII is 'five plus one plus one' which gives 7, so together they make 47.