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forty-fourth

English

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English ordinal numbers
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    Cardinal : forty-four
    Ordinal : forty-fourth

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English forty-four
English -th
English forty-fourth

    From forty-four + -th (ordinal suffix).

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    forty-fourth (not comparable)

    1. The ordinal form of the number forty-four, describing a person or thing in position number 44 of a sequence.
      The answer appears on the forty-fourth page of the book.
      She finished forty-fourth in the race.
      • 2005 December 25, Dick Morris and Eileen McGann, “'Condi vs. Hillary'”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
        On January 20, 2009, at precisely noon, the world will witness the inauguration of the forty-fourth president of the United States. As the chief justice administers the oath of office on the flag-draped podium in front of the U.S. Capitol, the first woman president, Hillary Rodham Clinton, will be sworn into office. By her side, smiling broadly and holding the family Bible, will be her chief strategist, husband, and copresident, William Jefferson Clinton.

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    English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

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    Noun

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    forty-fourth (plural forty-fourths)

    1. One of forty-four equal parts of a whole.
      A forty-fourth of 880 is 20.

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