forty-sixth

American  

[fawr-tee-siksth] / ˈfɔr tiˈsɪksθ /

adjective

1. next after the forty-fifth; being the ordinal number for 46.

2. being one of 46 equal parts.

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noun

1. a forty-sixth part, especially of one (1/46).

2. the forty-sixth member of a series.

Example Sentences

Petrosian resigned on the forty-sixth move, and Bobby Fischer was the new challenger for the World Championship.

From Literature

When, the following year, Oklahoma entered the Union as the forty-sixth state, members of the tribe were able to sell their surface land in what was now Osage County.

From Literature

The lectern was forty-six inches high, for the forty-sixth, and next, President.

From The New Yorker

“Oklahoma!,” based on the 1931 play “Green Grow the Lilacs,” takes place in 1906, when Oklahoma was on the cusp of becoming the forty-sixth state.

From The New Yorker

Last year, I travelled from Abuja, where I live, to Umujieze for my parents’ forty-sixth wedding anniversary.

From The New Yorker