FIFTY-FIVE


Meaning of FIFTY-FIVE in English

I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective

: being one more than 54 in number

fifty-five years

— see number table

II. pronoun, plural in construction

: 55 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated

fifty-five are here

fifty-five were found

III. noun

1. : five and 50 : five times 11 : 11 fives

2.

a. : 55 units or objects

a total of fifty-five

b. : a group or set of 55

3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 55

4. : the 55th in a set or series

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.