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forty-eight
[ fawr-tee-eyt ]
noun
- a cardinal number, 40 plus 8.
- a symbol for this number, such as 48 or XLVIII.
- 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.
- 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
- amounting to 48 in number:
So far, forty-eight students have registered for soccer.
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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