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Fifty-four

Definition: Fifty-four

Fifty-four

Adjective

1. Being four more than fifty.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "fifty-four" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1726. (references)

Synonym: Fifty-four

Synonym: liv (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Fifty-four

English words defined with "fifty-four": MilreisNonillionRigsdaler. (references)
Specialty definitions using "fifty-four": Balloon Post. (references)

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Modern Usage: Fifty-four

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I'm sure everyone here is fascinated to hear more pop psychiatry from number fifty-four in his class at Columbia Med. (Northern Exposure; writing credit: Khadijah Hashim)

Number fifty-four million six hundred and one Ferndoch. (Beetlejuice; writing credit: Michael McDowell; Warren Skaaren)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Fifty-four

DomainTitle

Books

  • God's Country or Devil's Playground: An Anthology of Nature Writing from the Big Bend of Texas (Corrie Herring Hooks Series, Number Fifty-Four) (reference)

  • Floral Cut and Use Stencils: Fifty-Four Full-Size Stencils Printed on Durable Stencil Paper (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Fifty-four

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Spain

Only thirty-six percent of Spanish citizens read newspapers every day; of these, sixty-five percent hold a university degree and fifty-four percent belong to the upper middle class. (references)

Trade

Korea

Fifty-four individual laws stipulate requirements and procedures for importing certain products (1,074 items, or 1% of all items) to ensure the protection of public health and sanitation, national security, safety, and the environment. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Fifty-four

"Fifty-four" is generally used as a cardinal number -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Fifty-four" is used about 91 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Cardinal Number100%9134,491

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Bible Trace: Fifty-four

LanguageDateSourceNehemiah Chapter 7, Verse 34
Latin405VulgateViri Helam alterius mille ducenti quinquaginta quattuor
Jacobean English1611King JamesThe children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
Victorian English1833WebsterThe children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty four.
Basic English1964OgdenThe children of the other Elam, a thousand, two hundred and fifty-four.

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Matched Bible Translations: Fifty-four

LanguageNehemiah Chapter 7, Verse 34
CebuanoAng mga anak sa laing Elam, usa ka libo duha ka gatus kalim-an ug upat.
Chinese別 的 以 "" 子 孫 、 一 千 二 百 " 十 四 名 。
Croatiansinova drugoga Elama: tisuæu dvjesta pedeset i èetiri;
DutchDe kinderen des anderen Elams, duizend, tweehonderd vier en vijftig;
Finnishtoisen Eelamin jälkeläisiä tuhat kaksisataa viisikymmentä neljä;
Frenchles fils de l`autre Élam, mille deux cent cinquante-quatre;
Germander Kinder des andern Elam tausend zweihundert und vierundfünfzig;
HungarianA másik Elám fiai: ezerkétszázötvennégy;
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaBani Elam yang lain itu seribu dua ratus lima puluh empat orang.
ItalianFigli di un altro Elam: milleduecento cinquantaquattro.
MaoriKo nga tama a tera atu Erama, kotahi mano e rua rau e rima tekau ma wha.
Norwegianden annen Elams barn, tusen to hundre og fire og femti;
Portugueseos filhos do outro Elão, mil duzentos e cinqüenta e quatro;    
Rumanianfiii celuilalt Elam, o mie douq sute cincizeci wi patru;
RussianуЩОПЧЕК еМБНБ "ТХЗПЗП ФЩУСЮБ "ЧЕУФЙ СФШ"ЕУСФ ЮЕФЩТЕ.
Swedishden andre Elams barn: ett tusen två hundra femtiofyra;

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Misspellings: Fifty-four

Misspellings

"Fifty-four" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fiftyfour. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Fifty-four

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "f-f-f-i-o-r-t-u-y"

-2 letters: fortify.

-3 letters: fruity.

-4 letters: fifty, forty, fruit, toffy, turfy.

-5 letters: fort, four, frit, fury, iffy, riff, rift, riot, roti, rout, ruff, ryot, tiff, tiro, toff, tofu, tori, tory, tour, trio, troy, tuff, turf, tyro, your, yurt.

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Alternative Orthography: Fifty-four


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 69 66 74 79 2D 66 6F 75 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01101001 01100110 01110100 01111001 00101101 01100110 01101111 01110101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#105 &#102 &#116 &#121 &#45 &#102 &#111 &#117 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0069 0066 0074 0079 002D 0066 006F 0075 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

40757286911572818784

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Bible Trace
9. Derivations
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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