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fiftieth definition

fif·ti·eth (fif′tē it̸h)

adjective

  1. preceded by forty-nine others in a series; 50th
  2. designating any of the fifty equal parts of something

Etymology: ME fiftithe < OE fiftigotha < fiftig: see fifty & -th

noun

  1. the one following the forty-ninth
  2. any of fifty equal parts of something;

adverb

in the fiftieth place, rank, group, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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