forty-eighth

Before the forty-ninth

The ordinal form of forty-eight, indicating position 48 in a sequence: She finished in forty-eighth place.

As a noun, a forty-eighth is one of 48 equal parts: Each state receives a forty-eighth of the fund.

ordinal

48th

Ordinal of forty-eight

seventy-second · eighty-fourth · twelfth · preceding · succeeding · penultimate · sequential

civic

Arizona

48th state admitted

landmark · address · jurisdiction

anniversary

commemoration

Act of honoring memory

yearly · jubilee · observance · marking

fraction

denominator

Fraction's bottom number

twelfth · sixteenth · thirty-second · sixty-fourth · subdivision · proportion · ratio · fractional · divisible · increment

military

regiment

Colonel-led military unit

unit · corps · company · platoon · infantry · artillery · cavalry · garrison · formation · detachment

Opposites
ordinal position

forty-eighthfirst

Position number one

last · second · final · initial · penultimate

Family

eight, forty, eighth, hundredth, sixtieth, fiftieth, fourteenth, eighteenth, fortieth

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G