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Definition: Fifty-two |
Fifty-twoAdjective1. 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-twoSynonym: lii (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Fifty-two |
| English words defined with "fifty-two": Playing card. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Cardinal Number | 100% | 115 | 30,138 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "fifty-two": fifty-two-year-old. | |
Ending with "fifty-two": B-fifty-two. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Date | Source | Nehemiah Chapter 7, Verse 40 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Filii Emmer mille quinquaginta duo |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The children of Immer, a thousand and fifty two. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The children of Immer, a thousand and fifty-two. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Nehemiah Chapter 7, Verse 40 |
| Cebuano | Ang mga anak ni Immer, usa ka libo kalim-an ug duha. |
| Croatian | Imerovih sinova: tisuæu pedeset i dva; |
| Dutch | De kinderen van Immer, duizend twee en vijftig; |
| Finnish | Immerin jälkeläisiä tuhat viisikymmentä kaksi; |
| French | les fils d`Immer, mille cinquante-deux; |
| German | der Kinder Immer tausend und zweiundfünfzig; |
| Hungarian | Immér fiai: ezerötvenkettõ; |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bani Imer seribu lima puluh dua orang. |
| Italian | Figli di Immer: millecinquantadue. |
| Maori | Ko nga tama a Imere, kotahi mano e rima tekau ma rua. |
| Norwegian | Immers barn, tusen og to og femti; |
| Portuguese | os filhos de Imer, mil e cinqüenta e dois; |
| Rumanian | fiii lui Imer, o mie cinci zeci wi doi; |
| Swedish | Immers barn: ett tusen femtiotvå; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 69 66 74 79 2D 74 77 6F |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01101001 01100110 01110100 01111001 00101101 01110100 01110111 01101111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F i f t y - t w o |
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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