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fifty-three

[ fif-tee-three ]

noun

  1. a cardinal number, 50 plus 3.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 53 or LIII.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.


adjective

  1. amounting to 53 in number.

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Example Sentences

Fifty-three percent of Republicans said yes and 38 percent said no.

Fifty-three straight polls, and 18 out of 20, could be wrong.

They ordered us to our feet instantly, and we counted off one by one, stopping at fifty-three.

Fifty-three-year-old Franklin Lobos was a professional soccer player who even represented Chile in the 1984 Olympic Games.

Among the roots thus exposed were placed fifty-three idols in all kinds of positions.

During this period of fifty-three years—from 1792 to 1845—the changes in the rates of inland letter postage were very slight.

One hundred and fifty-three shots were fired by the fleet, against twenty-five hundred or three thousand by the Rebels.

He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries for upwards of fifty-three years.

The Stranger told them to draw up the net, and they did, and counted the fish, one hundred and fifty-three.

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