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

The agency, he said, has been using the “unconstitutional presumption” for “fifty-five years too many.”

From Seattle Times

At the age of fifty-five, the war had taken a toll on his health.

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

For fifty-five years he did not know his parents’ fate for certain, and despite searching, he could not find any survivors from Trawniki, the forced-labor camp where his parents had been sent.

From Literature