I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective
: being one more than 51 in number
fifty-two years
— see number table
II. pronoun, plural in construction
: 52 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
fifty-two are here
fifty-two were found
III. noun
1. : two and fifty : four times 13
2.
a. : 52 units or objects
a total of fifty-two
b. : a group or set of 52
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 52
4. : the 52d in a set or series