ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Eighty-seventh

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˌeɪti ˈsɛvənθ/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Eighty-seventh is an adjective meaning The ordinal form of the number eighty-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 87 of a sequence.

Meaning

The ordinal form of the number eighty-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 87 of a sequence.

More Meanings

  1. One of eighty-seven equal parts of a whole.

Example Sentences

An eighty-seventh of 1740 is 20.
She finished eighty-seventh in the race.
The answer appears on the eighty-seventh page of the book.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include seventy-seventh, eighty-eighth, seventy-eighth, eighty-first, eighty-second, ninety-seventh.

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