forty-eight

forty-eight
adjective
being eight more than forty
• Syn: ↑48, ↑xlviii
• Similar to: ↑cardinal

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I. \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
: being one more than 47 in number

forty-eight years

— see number table
II. pronoun, plural in construction
: 48 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated

forty-eight are here

forty-eight were found

III. noun
1. : eight and 40 : three times 16 : four times 12 : six times eight : four dozen
2.
a. : 48 units or objects

a total of forty-eight

b. : a group or set of 48
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 48
4. : the 48th in a set or series; especially : an article of clothing of the 48th size

wears a forty-eight

6. : a 48-hour leave (as from military duties)

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/fawr"tee ayt"/, n.
1. a cardinal number, 40 plus 8.
2. a symbol for this number, as 48 or XLVIII.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
4. the forty-eight, the 48 contiguous states of the U.S.
adj.
5. amounting to 48 in number.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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