55th
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- adjective
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- The climax for the 55th Annual Conference was the Honors Banquet on Saturday, September 10th, when 23 members received their "A" and ten received their fellowships.
- 55th anniversary
- 55th birthday
- 55th reunion
Examples
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The Photographic Society of America chose this attractive setting for its 55th Annual Conference, and over 450 PSA members received greetings from Zell Miller, the governor of Georgia.
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In honor of the Whopper's 55th anniversary, Burger King is introducing "new" limited-time menu items to the lineup.
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We are in the 55th year of the nuclear age.
Academic text (2000) -
See you at 55th Street in July.
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The suspect entered Church's Chicken at 55th and Prospect just before 10 p.m.
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A float with 'the family image' proceeds during the People's Parade on the 55th Anniversary of the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea's official name).
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The sixth-generation car look will debut with the opening of the 2013 Speedweeks, highlighted by the 55th running of the Daytona 500 on February 24 at Daytona International Speedway.
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The 55th annual festival will be held next week to celebrate local artists.
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She finished in 55th place during the race, which was a personal best for her.
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The 55th chapter of the book reveals the main character's true motivations.
Synonyms
At the fifty-fifth position in a list
Surface Forms
Morphology
55th = 55 (transparent) = 55 + th
The suffix '-th' is a standard ordinal marker in English.
Etymology
55Th is the ordinal form of fifty-five, made by adding the ending -th that shows order or position. So 55th simply means 'number fifty-five' in a list or 'in position fifty-five'.