fifty-sixth

American  

[fif-tee-siksth] / ˈfɪf tiˈsɪksθ /

adjective

1. next after the fifty-fifth; being the ordinal number for 56.

2. being one of 56 equal parts.

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noun

1. a fifty-sixth part, especially of one (1/56).

2. the fifty-sixth member of a series.

Example Sentences

On April 20, 1945, his fifty-sixth birthday, he called several Hitler Youth to the Chancellery.

From Literature

Instead of making his fifty-sixth move, Fischer stopped the clock and offered his hand in resignation.

From Literature

Today is the third, the twenty-second, the fifty-sixth day of lockdown, she notes.

From Los Angeles Times

Colvin survived her Chechen experience and a dozen or more equally dangerous episodes during her twenty-five years as a war reporter, but, a month after her fifty-sixth birthday, in February, 2012, her luck ran out, in Syria.

From The New Yorker

He’d spent his fifty-sixth birthday putting out hot spots around his house, and ultimately saving it from burning.

From The New Yorker