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Added 10 October 2026

forty-sixth

/ˌfɔːti ˈsɪk(s)θ/ adjective

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The ordinal form of the number forty-six, describing a person or thing in position number 46 of a sequence.
The answer appears on the forty-sixth page of the book.

noun

One of forty-six equal parts of a whole.
A forty-sixth of 920 is 20.

Origin

From forty-six + -th (ordinal suffix).

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