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FORTY-EIGHTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does forty-eighth mean?
• FORTY-EIGHTH (adjective)
The adjective FORTY-EIGHTH has 1 sense:
1. the ordinal number of forty-eight in counting order
Familiarity information: FORTY-EIGHTH used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ordinal number of forty-eight in counting order
Synonyms:
48th; forty-eighth
Similar:
ordinal (being or denoting a numerical order in a series)
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