forty-seven: Meaning and Definition of

for•ty-sev•en

Pronunciation: (fôr'tē sev'un), [key]
— n.
  1. a cardinal number, 40 plus 7.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 47 or XLVII.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.
—adj.
  1. amounting to 47 in number.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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