fifty-seven

adjective

being seven more than fifty

• Syn: ↑57, ↑lvii

• Similar to: ↑cardinal

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I. \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adjective

: being one more than 56 in number

fifty-seven years

— see number table

II. pronoun, plural in construction

: 57 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated

fifty-seven are here

fifty-seven were found

III. noun

1. : seven and 50 : three times 19

2.

a. : 57 units or objects

a total of fifty-seven

b. : a group or set of 57

3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 57

4. : the 57th in a set or series

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/fif"tee sev"euhn/, n.

1. a cardinal number, 50 plus 7.

2. a symbol for this number, as 57 or LVII.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

adj.

4. amounting to 57 in number.