fifty-third

American  

[fif-tee-thurd] / ˈfɪf tiˈθɜrd /

adjective

1. next after the fifty-second; being the ordinal number for 53.

2. being one of 53 equal parts.

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noun

1. a fifty-third part, especially of one (1/53).

2. the fifty-third member of a series.

Example Sentences

The much-anticipated fifty-third reactor will most likely be Marvel, an Energy Department microreactor project aimed at showcasing ways fission can be tapped for heat to power, for example, industrial processes as well as generating electricity.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2023

For the fifty-third time this season, the Lakers had lost.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 17, 2016

In his twenties, he’d been America’s best player, fifty-third in the world.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 18, 2016

The fifty-third chapter of Isaiah is an unapproachable description of a suffering person. 

From The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866 by King, Knowles

The expression no doubt suggests the picture in the fifty-third of Isaiah of the servant of Jehovah meekly enduring wrong.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I by Dods, Marcus