forty-ninth

adjective

the ordinal number of forty-nine in counting order

• Syn: ↑49th

• Similar to: ↑ordinal

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I. \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective

1. : being number 49 in a countable series

the forty-ninth day

— see number table

2. : being one of 49 equal parts into which something is divisible

a forty-ninth share of the money

II. noun

1. : number 49 in a countable series

2. : the quotient of a unit divided by 49 : one of 49 equal parts of something

one forty-ninth of the total

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/fawr"tee nuynth"/, adj.

1. next after the forty-eighth; being the ordinal number for 49.

2. being one of 49 equal parts.

n.

3. a forty-ninth part, esp. of one (¹/₄₉).

4. the forty-ninth member of a series.