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The cardinal number immediately following forty-six and preceding forty-eight..
Shanghai is situated on this river, about twelve miles above Woosung; and the river is navigable for steam-boats forty-seven miles higher up—to the point where it issues from the small lake on the south of the canal.
Use forty-seven when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Forty-seven means The cardinal number immediately following forty-six and preceding forty-eight..
Common synonyms include 47, XLVII.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Shanghai is situated on this river, about twelve miles above Woosung; and the river is navigable for steam-boats forty-seven miles higher up—to the point where it issues from the small lake on the south of the canal.
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