Fiftieth
['fɪftɪɪθ]
Definition
(noun.) position 50 in a countable series of things.
(adj.) the ordinal number of fifty in counting order .
Edited by Andrea--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Next in order after the forty-ninth; -- the ordinal of fifty.
(a.) Consisting of one of fifty equal parts or divisions.
(n.) One of fifty equal parts; the quotient of a unit divided by fifty.
Typed by Harley
Examples
- Those from husband to wife, or from wife to husband, to the fiftieth penny. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Then the telephone company gave me a dinner, and the engineers of France; and I attended the dinner celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of photography. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There is one thing he can not avoid; go where he will about the world, he must never fail to report in Jerusalem every fiftieth year. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- As she reached Fiftieth Street the clouds broke abruptly, and a rush of cold rain slanted into her face. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- In 1720, interest was reduced from the twentieth to the fiftieth penny, or from five to two per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- With infinite pains and cunning, he double locks and bars forty-nine of them, and cannot see the fiftieth standing wide open. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Edited by Ingram