forty-ninth

[ fawr-tee-nahynth ]

adjective

1. next after the forty-eighth; being the ordinal number for 49.
2. being one of 49 equal parts.

noun

1. a forty-ninth part, especially of one (1/49).
2. the forty-ninth member of a series.

Example Sentences

From the Lake of the Woods to the Rockies a new line, the forty-ninth parallel, was agreed upon in 1818.

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It is also correct to say that it was the fiftieth year because it was placed at the very end of the forty-ninth year.

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On the 21st of September, the forty-ninth day of the siege, General Drummond withdrew his forces.

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He came to me to be weighed on the forty-ninth day and weighed 127½ lbs.

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This last is the only occasion on which the two hands are together with the second hand "just past the forty-ninth second."

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