fifty-five

Thân thiện

The teacher writes the number fifty-five on the chalkboard.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Being five more than fifty; the cardinal number that is the sum of fifty and five.

Usage

• Adjective:
  • Used to describe a quantity of exactly fifty-five items or units.
  • Used to denote the specific number between fifty-four and fifty-six.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • She collected fifty-five different stamps for her project.
  • The speed limit on this road is fifty-five miles per hour.

Advanced Usage

• "Fifty-five" as a nominal adjective: Can be used to refer to a set or group of fifty-five.
  • The committee was composed of fifty-five. (Here, "fifty-five" implies "fifty-five members".)

Variants and Related Words

• Fifty-fifth (adj.): Constituting number fifty-five in a sequence; the ordinal form.
  • This is the fifty-fifth edition of the annual report.
• LV (n.): The Roman numeral for fifty-five.

Synonyms

• 55: The numeric representation.
• Five and fifty: An archaic or literary form.

Related Phrases

• Fifty-five plus: Referring to an age group or category of people aged fifty-five and older.
  • The community center offers programs for the fifty-five plus demographic.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. being five more than fifty

Từ đồng nghĩa

• 55
• lv