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forty-eight

[ fawr-tee-eyt ]

noun

  1. a cardinal number, 40 plus 8.
  2. a symbol for this number, such as 48 or XLVIII.
  3. a set of 48 persons or things:

    Of the two parties that reserved a private room tonight, the forty-eight is the larger, so put them in the east dining room just off the lounge.

  4. the forty-eight, Informal. the conterminous United States ( def ):

    Crossing the border into Alberta, Canada, was the first time he’d ventured beyond the forty-eight.



adjective

  1. amounting to 48 in number:

    So far, forty-eight students have registered for soccer.

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Example Sentences

“This poor girl’s had an arduous forty-eight hours. The least we can do is let her catch her breath.”

Along with James Monroe, the fifth president, these men held office for forty of the first forty-eight years of the American presidency.

At the Louvre, well over one hundred thousand visitors filed past the portrait in the first forty-eight hours.

There were more earthquakes here in Alaska than anywhere in the lower forty-eight states, even California.

It was forty-eight feet by fifty feet, with a slanted roof and wide, open slats in the walls.

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