eighty-eighth

From eighty-eight + -th (ordinal suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˌeɪti ˈeɪ(t)θ/

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eighty-eighth

1. The ordinal form of the number eighty-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 88 of a sequence.

   The answer appears on the eighty-eighth page of the book.

   She finished eighty-eighth in the race.

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

• 88th, 88^th

eighty-eighth (plural eighty-eighths)

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

   An eighty-eighth of 1760 is 20.