I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective
: being one more than 55 in number
fifty-six years
— see number table
II. pronoun, plural in construction
: 56 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
fifty-six are here
fifty-six were found
III. noun
1. : six and 50 : four times 14 : seven times eight
2.
a. : 56 units or objects
a total of fifty-six
b. : a group or set of 56
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 56
4. : the 56th in a set or series