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fifty-eighth

[ fif-tee-eytth, -eyth ]

adjective

  1. next after the fifty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 58.
  2. being one of 58 equal parts.


noun

  1. a fifty-eighth part, especially of one (1/58).
  2. the fifty-eighth member of a series.

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Example Sentences

In December he found himself as far as the fifty-eighth parallel of south latitude, and in longitude 26 degrees 57' E.

On the fifty-eighth day after leaving the earth, Jud, at the forward telescope, became suddenly excited.

The report of the commission was submitted to the Fifty-eighth Congress, third session, January 4, 1905.

The heads of fifty eighth grade pupils were bent over as many broad volumes on geography.

The children always lowered their voices when they spoke of the house on Fifty-eighth Street.

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