- forty-eight
- adjectivebeing eight more than forty• Syn: ↑48, ↑xlviii• Similar to: ↑cardinal
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I. \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective: being one more than 47 in numberforty-eight years
— see number tableII. pronoun, plural in construction: 48 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumeratedforty-eight are here
III. nounforty-eight were found
1. : eight and 40 : three times 16 : four times 12 : six times eight : four dozen2.a. : 48 units or objectsa total of forty-eight
b. : a group or set of 483. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 48wears a forty-eight
5. : forty-eightmo6. : a 48-hour leave (as from military duties)* * *
/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.