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47TH
Dictionary entry overview: What does 47th mean?
• 47TH (adjective)
The adjective 47TH has 1 sense:
1. the ordinal number of forty-seven in counting order
Familiarity information: 47TH used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ordinal number of forty-seven in counting order
Synonyms:
47th; forty-seventh
Similar:
ordinal (being or denoting a numerical order in a series)
Context examples
We took it, that somewhere about the 47th degree, north latitude, would be the place chosen for the crossing the country between the river and the Carpathians.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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