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FORTY-THIRD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does forty-third mean?
• FORTY-THIRD (adjective)
The adjective FORTY-THIRD has 1 sense:
1. the ordinal number of forty-three in counting order
Familiarity information: FORTY-THIRD used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ordinal number of forty-three in counting order
Synonyms:
43rd; forty-third
Similar:
ordinal (being or denoting a numerical order in a series)
Context examples
Friar’s Oak is in a dip of the Downs, and the forty-third milestone between London and Brighton lies on the skirt of the village.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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