forty-eight
a cardinal number, 40 plus 8.
a symbol for this number, such as 48 or XLVIII.
a set of 48 persons or things: Of the two parties that reserved a private room tonight, the forty-eight is the larger, so put them in the east dining room just off the lounge.
the forty-eight, Informal. the conterminous United States: Crossing the border into Alberta, Canada, was the first time he’d ventured beyond the forty-eight.
amounting to 48 in number: So far, forty-eight students have registered for soccer.
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How to use forty-eight in a sentence
forty-eight works from 37 artists, including 18 women, are on display, and the selection is eclectic.
forty-eight hours before, I had been in a helicopter that was getting shot at in Iraq.
Eric Greitens, Former Navy SEAL, on Helping Military Veterans | Eric Greitens | May 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTforty-eight percent of the poll respondents said the average American consumes too many natural resources.
New Poll Finds Americans Are Worried About Runaway Population Growth | Jerry Karnas | February 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTForty eight percent say it makes them anxious, 44 percent say it makes them upset, and 30 percent say it makes them angry.
forty-eight percent say they are pro-life, while 46 percent say they are pro-choice.
Unless they are going to have an August push in France they might at least have lent us forty-eight 4.5 hows.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonThe man would not die if left where he was for another forty-eight hours, or even longer.
The Red Year | Louis TracyDay by day English and Russian reinforcements poured into Holland, till at last they numbered forty-eight thousand.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonIsidoro Midel is an interesting character, apparently about forty-eight years of age.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanI laughed when I thought how there were nine of him working in twelve places at once—or was it twenty-four—or maybe forty-eight.
Nine Men in Time | Noel Miller Loomis
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