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Fifty-two

Definition: Fifty-two

Fifty-two

Adjective

1. Being two more than fifty.

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

Date "fifty-two" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Synonym: Fifty-two

Synonym: lii (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Fifty-two

English words defined with "fifty-two": Playing card. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Fifty-two

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Books

  • Soul Food: Fifty-two Principles for Black Entrepreneurial Success (reference)

  • Napoleon Hill's a Year of Growing Rich: Fifty-Two Steps to Achieving Life's Rewards (reference)

  • German Incunabula in the British Museum: One Hundred & Fifty-Two Facsimile Plates of Fine Book-Pages from Presses of Germany, German-Switzerland, and (reference)

  • Fifty-Two Ways to Reconnect, Follow-Up and Stay in Touch, When You Don't Have Time to Network (reference)

  • Rock art : fifty-two record album covers (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: Fifty-two

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Economic History

Iran

Fifty-two Americans were held hostage for 444 days. (references)

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

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Usage Frequency: Fifty-two

"Fifty-two" is generally used as a cardinal number -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Fifty-two" is used about 115 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%11530,138

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

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Expression: Fifty-two

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "fifty-two": fifty-two-year-old.

Ending with "fifty-two": B-fifty-two.

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Bible Trace: Fifty-two

LanguageDateSourceNehemiah Chapter 7, Verse 40
Latin405VulgateFilii Emmer mille quinquaginta duo
Jacobean English1611King JamesThe children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
Victorian English1833WebsterThe children of Immer, a thousand and fifty two.
Basic English1964OgdenThe children of Immer, a thousand and fifty-two.

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

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Matched Bible Translations: Fifty-two

LanguageNehemiah Chapter 7, Verse 40
CebuanoAng mga anak ni Immer, usa ka libo kalim-an ug duha.
CroatianImerovih sinova: tisuæu pedeset i dva;
DutchDe kinderen van Immer, duizend twee en vijftig;
FinnishImmerin jälkeläisiä tuhat viisikymmentä kaksi;
Frenchles fils d`Immer, mille cinquante-deux;
Germander Kinder Immer tausend und zweiundfünfzig;
HungarianImmér fiai: ezerötvenkettõ;
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaBani Imer seribu lima puluh dua orang.
ItalianFigli di Immer: millecinquantadue.
MaoriKo nga tama a Imere, kotahi mano e rima tekau ma rua.
NorwegianImmers barn, tusen og to og femti;
Portugueseos filhos de Imer, mil e cinqüenta e dois;    
Rumanianfiii lui Imer, o mie cinci zeci wi doi;
SwedishImmers barn: ett tusen femtiotvå;

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

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Anagrams: Fifty-two

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "f-f-i-o-t-t-w-y"

-3 letters: fifty, toffy, wifty, witty.

-4 letters: iffy, tiff, toff, toft, toit, towy, twit.

-5 letters: fit, foy, iff, off, oft, tit, tot, tow, toy, two, wit, wot, yow.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Fifty-two


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

46 69 66 74 79 2D 74 77 6F

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

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

01000110 01101001 01100110 01110100 01111001 00101101 01110100 01110111 01101111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#105 &#102 &#116 &#121 &#45 &#116 &#119 &#111

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0069 0066 0074 0079 002D 0074 0077 006F

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

407572869115868981

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INDEX

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


  

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