forty-nine
a cardinal number, 40 plus 9.
a symbol for this number, as 49 or XLIX.
a set of this many persons or things.
amounting to 49 in number.
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How to use forty-nine in a sentence
forty-nine percent of whites said it is widespread, while 48 percent said it was not widespread.
forty-nine-year-old Elena brings a trembling hand to the bridge of her nose and makes a slashing movement across it.
forty-nine were sentenced to death, but only one, Pvt. Eddie Slovik, was actually executed.
forty-nine percent said the House would stay with the Republicans.
Poll: Daily Beast Readers on Obama Approval, GOP & Odds of a Romney Win | Brian Ries | September 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTforty-nine years ago today, 200,000 civil-rights advocates marched on Washington—peacefully.
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She had just come to forty-nine, and was wondering if she might remind the fairy father of his duty, when the door opened.
Rosemary in Search of a Father | C. N. WilliamsonIn some regions it is as high as forty-nine or fifty inches and, in others, as low as thirty-six or thirty-seven inches.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyYou furnish right of way and enough money to give you forty-nine per cent of the stock in the company we'll form.
Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington KellandOn a division the second reading was carried by a majority of one hundred and forty-nine against twenty.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanOn a division, the first clause was expunged by a majority of one hundred and forty-nine against eighty.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
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