fifty-seven

1 of 3

adjective

: being one more than 56 in number

fifty-seven years

see Table of Numbers

fifty-seven

2 of 3

pronoun, plural in construction

"

: 57 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated

fifty-seven are here

fifty-seven were found

fifty-seven

3 of 3

noun

"

1

: seven and 50 : three times 19

2

a

: 57 units or objects

a total of fifty-seven

b

: a group or set of 57

3

: the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 57

4

: the 57th in a set or series

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