Definitions
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- noun ordinal The
ordinal form of thenumber fifty-five , describing a person or thing in position number 55 of a sequence. - noun fractional One of
fifty-five equal parts of a whole.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective the ordinal number of fifty-five in counting order
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Examples
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Today, marks the fifty-fifth birthday of another computer legend, Steven Jobs, CEO and founder of Apple Computers.
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Before returning to Spokane, I asked permission to visit my parents in Saint Louis to celebrate their fifty-fifth wedding anniversary.
The Grace to Race Sister Madonna Buder 2010
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That means that if Roger Maris or Mickey Mantle hit their sixty-first home run in the one hundred fifty-fifth game of the season, their name will have an asterisk in the record book.
LUCKY WES TOOKE 2010
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Before returning to Spokane, I asked permission to visit my parents in Saint Louis to celebrate their fifty-fifth wedding anniversary.
The Grace to Race Sister Madonna Buder 2010
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Mickelson had a chance to supplant Woods as world number one this week and could only limp in with a tie for fifty-fifth.
Unplayable Robert Lusetich 2010
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Before returning to Spokane, I asked permission to visit my parents in Saint Louis to celebrate their fifty-fifth wedding anniversary.
The Grace to Race Sister Madonna Buder 2010
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David Peterson became an Achilles board member and was eventually sworn in as the fifty-fifth governor of New York.
Long May You Run Chris Cooper 2010
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That means that if Roger Maris or Mickey Mantle hit their sixty-first home run in the one hundred fifty-fifth game of the season, their name will have an asterisk in the record book.
LUCKY WES TOOKE 2010
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Sally died in 2000, the same year the team celebrated their fifty-fifth wedding anniversary, but the show lovingly goes on.
Michelle Haimoff: The Secret New York Alternative to the Metropolitan Opera 2008
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Eyes focused on the fifty-fifth OPEC meeting, scheduled for Caracas in late December 1979.
The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008
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