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Definition of forty-ninth
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : being number 49 in a countable series
the forty-ninth day — see Table of Numbers
2 : being one of 49 equal parts into which something is divisible
a forty-ninth share of the money
forty-ninth
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Definition of forty-ninth (Entry 2 of 2)
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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