forty-ninth UK /ˌfɔːti ˈnaɪnθ/US /ˌfɔɹti ˈnaɪnθ/adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •The ordinal form of the number forty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 49 of a sequence.The answer appears on the forty-ninth page of the book.She finished forty-ninth in the race. noun1 •One of forty-nine equal parts of a whole.A forty-ninth of 980 is 20. formsforty-ninths
