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fifty-fifth

fifty-fifth

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At the fifty-fifth position in a list
  • adjective
  • /ˈfɪftiˌfɪfθ/
translation icon : quincuagésimo quinto
  • She celebrated her fifty-fifth wedding anniversary with a grand party.
  • fifty-fifth birthday

Examples

  • " On your fifty-fifth birthday, he'll appear and devour you.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • As the first step, the two sides agreed to allow separated family members to meet on the occasion of the fifty-fifth anniversary of the National Liberation.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Today is our birthday: my fifteenth and my father's fifty-fifth.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • The Fifty-fifth Regiment of the Georgia Volunteers formed in the spring of 1862.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The field representative of the demon showed up exactly thirty days before Pete Whitlock's fifty-fifth birthday.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • The muster roll for Company I of the Fifty-fifth Regiment of the Georgia Volunteers from June to August 31, 1863, is also included.

    Academic text (2009)
  • We called upon the Knights of the Blood headquarters in Grandum, on the fifty-fifth floor yesterday, and have already settled the request for both of us to temporarily withdraw.

    Blog text (26)
  • In October 2000, the fifty-fifth UN General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution calling for peace, security, and unification on the Korean peninsula and supporting the inter-Korean summit and the 15 June joint declaration.

    Academic text (2002)
  • The fifty-fifth episode of the series featured a dramatic twist.

  • During the event, he received recognition for his fifty-fifth contribution to the community.

Synonyms

55th
vsfifty-fifth
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The position in a series that comes after fifty-four

is written in words to show the same position rather than numerals

How Late

sixtieth
1 1.0
fifty-fifth
1.0
fiftieth
7 1.0
tenth
35 1.0
first
1.0

Surface Forms

fifty-fifth positive

Morphology

fifty-fifth = fifty + fifth (transparent) = fifty + fifth

Formed by composing the tens 'fifty' with the unit ordinal 'fifth' to produce the ordinal for 55, which is directly interpretable from its parts.

Etymology

Fifty-fifth is made from fifty, the number '50', and fifth, from five meaning 'the fifth place'. So fifty-fifth means '55th', the position that is fifty plus five in order.