eighty-eighth

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English

English ordinal numbers
 <  87th 88th 89th  > 
    Cardinal : eighty-eight
    Ordinal : eighty-eighth

Adjective

eighty-eighth

  1. The ordinal form of the number eighty-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 88 of a sequence.
    The answer appears on the eighty-eighth page of the book.
    She finished eighty-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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Translations

Noun

eighty-eighth (plural eighty-eighths)

  1. One of eighty-eight equal parts of a whole.
    An eighty-eighth of 1760 is 20.