FORTY-EIGHT


Meaning of FORTY-EIGHT in English

/fawr"tee ayt"/ , n.

1. a cardinal number, 40 plus 8.

2. a symbol for this number, as 48 or XLVIII.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

4. the forty-eight , the 48 contiguous states of the U.S.

adj.

5. amounting to 48 in number.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .