Definition of forty-seventh
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: being number 47 in a countable series
the forty-seventh day
— see Table of Numbers
2
: being one of 47 equal parts into which something is divisible
a forty-seventh share of the money
forty-seventh
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Definition of forty-seventh (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: number 47 in a countable series
2
: the quotient of a unit divided by 47 : one of 47 equal parts of something
one forty-seventh of the total
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