fifty-five

American  

[fif-tee-fahyv] / ˈfɪf tiˈfaɪv /

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.

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adjective

1. amounting to 55 in number.

Example Sentences

Marion was a small, idyllic town of about fifty-five hundred people set in the lush, tree-covered mountains of southwestern Virginia near the Hungry Mother State Park.

From Literature

For more than 450 years La Trinité, filled not only with immense treasure but also artifacts of a New World settlement fifty-five years before the Pilgrims, was the continual object of intense search.

From Literature

These prizes were fifty-five people who had been divided into thirty-nine groups or lots.

From Literature

I counted the beats, a total of fifty-five, for thirty seconds.

From Literature

“But I also realized, about eleven minutes, fifty-five seconds ago, that I am beyond dense.”

From Literature