sixty-eighth

English

English ordinal numbers
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    Cardinal : sixty-eight
    Ordinal : sixty-eighth

Etymology

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English sixty-eight
Old English -þa
Middle English -th(e)
English -th
English sixty-eighth

    From sixty-eight + -th (ordinal suffix).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˌsɪksti ˈeɪ(t)θ/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

    Adjective

    sixty-eighth

    1. The ordinal form of the number sixty-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 68 of a sequence.
      The answer appears on the sixty-eighth page of the book.
      She finished sixty-eighth in the race.

    Usage notes

    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

    sixty-eighth (plural sixty-eighths)

    1. One of sixty-eight equal parts of a whole.
      A sixty-eighth of 1360 is 20.

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