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fifty-eight

fifty-eight

12 1.0
The number after fifty-seven and before fifty-nine
  • numeral
  • /ˈfɪfti eɪt/
translation icon : cincuenta y ocho
  • Nursing faculty published in forty-four journals, chemistry in sixty-two journals, biology in fifty-eight journals, and mathematics in thirty-nine journals.
  • Fifty-eight percent
  • Fifty-eight respondents
  • Fifty-eight years

Examples

  • The committee received fifty-eight applications for the scholarship.

  • In 2013, there were fifty-eight pickers registered with TDPS, mostly men ranging in age from seventeen to seventy-one years old.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Pakistan has had a military government for thirty of its fifty-eight years of independence.

    Academic text (2005)
  • "Her father, fifty-eight-year-old Jesus Rojo, confirmed her statement: "My kids love the nature shows on television."

    Academic text (1997)
  • The first free all-German election in fifty-eight years was held on 2 December 1990.

    Academic text (1991)
  • At the age of fifty-eight, she still fit into a silk skirt she bought before Cecily was born.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Overall, forty-five of fifty-eight candidates endorsed by the League of Conservation Voters were elected.

    Academic text (2004)
  • The League of Conservation Voters backed fifty-eight candidates, including forty-nine Democrats and one Independent.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Between December 1933 and May 1934, fifty-eight responses were published, each accompanied by commentary from Aragon.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Although only seventy-six of ninety-four eligible adults cast ballots, fifty-eight were in favor of the new government.

    Academic text (2000)

How Many

sixty
351 1.0
fifty-nine
9 1.0
fifty-eight
12 1.0
fifty-seven
16 1.0
fifty-six
4 1.0

Surface Forms

fifty-eight ordinal word
58 cardinal digit
fifty-eight cardinal word
58th ordinal digit

Morphology

fifty-eight = fifty + eight (transparent) = fifty + eight

A direct compositional combination of the numerals 'fifty' and 'eight' yields the number 58, which is immediately derivable by learners.

Etymology

Fifty-eight is simply the number fifty ('five tens') plus eight, so it means 'five tens plus eight'.