I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective
: being one more than 58 in number
fifty-nine years
— see number table
II. pronoun, plural in construction
: 59 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
fifty-nine are here
fifty-nine were found
III. noun
1. : nine and 50
2.
a. : 59 units or objects
a total of fifty-nine
b. : a group or set of 59
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 59
4. : the 59th of a set or series