Definitions
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- noun ordinal The
ordinal form of thenumber forty-five , describing a person or thing in position number45 of a sequence. - noun fractional One of
forty-five equal parts of a whole.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective the ordinal number of forty-five in counting order
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Examples
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I'm in my forty-fifth year and, to be honest, I've never been a glamorous woman.
Mercury Unbound - 2 J. Mykell Collinz 2011
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Mubarak's announcement only adds more pressure to the opening night of Spider-Man, which was just postponed for the forty-fifth time, following technical problems that caused some of the actors' heads to accidentally explode onto the preview audience.
Spencer Green: Mubarak to Resign When Spider-Man Musical Officially Premieres Spencer Green 2011
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I'm in my forty-fifth year and, to be honest, I've never been a glamorous woman.
Mercury Unbound - 2 J. Mykell Collinz 2011
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My friend, Zelda, was about to have her forty-fifth birthday party.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters Jack Canfield 2010
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My friend, Zelda, was about to have her forty-fifth birthday party.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters Jack Canfield 2010
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"People will call me on the forty-fifth day and say, 'I'm sending the check right now please don't charge the late fee!'" she says.
Business Owners Find Creative Ways to Collect the Bills 2010
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My friend, Zelda, was about to have her forty-fifth birthday party.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters Jack Canfield 2010
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So he abandoned the idea of becoming consul, and the date of his triumphal entry into the city was fixed, at his request, to coincide with his forty-fifth birthday, at the end of September.
CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010
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Later, Cox, Herren, and I adjourn to his well-appointed Gold Coast apartment, which stands sentry over Lake Michigan, on the forty-fifth floor of a high-rise.
FLY FISHING WITH DARTH VADER MATT LABASH 2010
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Two days after the funeral, Louisa and her father quietly celebrated their forty-fifth and seventy-eighth birthdays.
Louisa May Alcott Susan Cheever 2010
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