fifty-third

American  

[fif-tee-thurd] / ˈfɪf tiˈθɜrd /

adjective

1. next after the fifty-second; being the ordinal number for 53.

2. being one of 53 equal parts.

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noun

1. a fifty-third part, especially of one (1/53).

2. the fifty-third member of a series.

Example Sentences

The much-anticipated fifty-third reactor will most likely be Marvel, an Energy Department microreactor project aimed at showcasing ways fission can be tapped for heat to power, for example, industrial processes as well as generating electricity.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2023

For the fifty-third time this season, the Lakers had lost.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 17, 2016

In his twenties, he’d been America’s best player, fifty-third in the world.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 18, 2016

The duke's disorder increased, and at half-past one, P. M., January 23rd, this prince was deprived of his mortal existence, in the fifty-third year of his age.

From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne

He promptly arrived, but pronounced recovery hopeless; and Richard Carlile expired February 10,1843, in his fifty-third year.

From Life and Character of Richard Carlile by Holyoake, George Jacob