fifty-five

[ fif-tee-fahyv ]

noun

1. a cardinal number, 50 plus 5.
2. a symbol for this number, as 55 or LV.
3. a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

1. amounting to 55 in number.

Example Sentences

Fifty-five percent of Millennials say they want to open their own business some day.

From The Daily Beast

Fifty-five-year-old Svetlana also was worried about the threat of violence but highlighted economic worries as deciding her vote.

From The Daily Beast

The site is functional more than ninety percent of the time, up from fifty-five percent of the time in October.

From The Daily Beast

Colonel Guitar reported his loss in the battle as thirteen killed and fifty-five wounded.

From Project Gutenberg

His father had married a second time at the age of fifty-five, and our poet was the only child of this second marriage.

From Project Gutenberg

With the slightly wounded who were able to travel he took back with him thirty prisoners and fifty-five horses.

From Project Gutenberg

The motion was rejected by three hundred and twelve against one hundred and fifty-five.

From Project Gutenberg

On a division, the motion was negatived by a majority of two hundred and sixty-seven against one hundred and fifty-five.

From Project Gutenberg