forty-seventh UK /ˌfɔːti ˈsɛvənθ/US /ˌfɔɹti ˈsɛvənθ/adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •The ordinal form of the number forty-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 47 of a sequence.The answer appears on the forty-seventh page of the book.She finished forty-seventh in the race. noun1 •One of forty-seven equal parts of a whole.A forty-seventh of 940 is 20. formsforty-sevenths
