forty-seventh

adjective

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

noun

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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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