fifty-four

Thân thiện

A child counts fifty-four colorful marbles on the floor.

Definition

1. Adjective: Being four more than fifty; the number 54.

Usage

• The adjective "fifty-four" is a cardinal number used to denote a specific quantity or position in a sequence.
• It is typically written with a hyphen when used as an adjective before a noun (e.g., fifty-four people). When used as a noun or pronoun, it can be written as "fifty-four" or "54".

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The committee is composed of fifty-four members.
  • She found fifty-four seashells on the beach.
  • The answer to the problem is fifty-four.

Advanced Usage

• As a noun/pronoun: Can be used to represent the number itself or a group of that quantity.
  • Fifty-four is an even number.
  • Fifty-four of the participants completed the survey.
• In sequences: Used to indicate position or order (often written as the numeral 54th for the ordinal form "fifty-fourth").
  • He finished in fifty-fourth place.

Variants and Related Words

• 54 (numeral): The Arabic numeral representation.
• LIV (Roman numeral): The Roman numeral representation (less common).
• fifty-fourth (ordinal adjective): Constituting number fifty-four in a sequence; the item in position 54.
• fifty-fourfold (adverb/adjective): By a factor of fifty-four; fifty-four times as great.

Synonyms

• 54 (numeral)
• four and fifty (archaic/literary)

Related Phrases

• A deck of cards: A standard deck contains cards if including two jokers.
• The 54th state: A humorous or speculative term for a potential future state of the United States.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. being four more than fifty

Từ đồng nghĩa

• 54
• liv