fifty-six
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Being six more than fifty: The cardinal number that is the sum of fifty and six; equivalent to 56.
Usage
- As an adjective: Used to describe a quantity, amount, or position in a sequence that totals fifty plus six.
- The recipe calls for fifty-six chocolate chips.
- She finished in fifty-sixth place.
Examples
- Adjective:
- There are fifty-six cards left in the deck.
- The historic document was signed by fifty-six delegates.
Advanced Usage
- As a numeral in compound modifiers: Often used hyphenated when modifying a noun.
- A fifty-six-page report.
- The fifty-six-year-old tradition.
Variants and Related Words
Fifty-sixth (Adjective & Noun): Constituting number fifty-six in a sequence; the ordinal form.
- This is the fifty-sixth edition of the journal.
- He celebrated his fifty-sixth birthday.
56 (Numeral): The Arabic numeral representation.
Synonyms
- 56: The numeric symbol.
- LVI: The Roman numeral representation (used in specific, often formal or historical, contexts).
Notes
- This is a cardinal number. It follows standard rules for forming compound numbers in English (e.g., fifty-one, fifty-two, etc.).
- When used as a noun to mean the number itself, it is typically written as the numeral "56" (e.g., ).
Adjective
- being six more than fifty