forty-eight

/fɔɹtɪ ɛɪːt/

num 1noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

aboard, high, last

VERB + FORTY-EIGHT

books, built, comprises, haven't, slept

FORTY-EIGHT + NOUN

forts, hours, meters, metres, sailors, volumes, years

PREP.

in, on

ADV.

already

num

The cardinal number immediately following forty-seven and preceding forty-nine.

noun

A period of 48 hours' leave, i.e. two days.

They had their ten-day leaves and regular forty-eights from behind the nets of Bantry Bay and Scapa Flow […]

adjective — being eight more than forty

They had their ten-day leaves and regular forty-eights from behind the nets of Bantry Bay and Scapa Flow […]

Wiktionary

He built forty-eight forts.

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I have forty-eight years on my back.

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They haven't slept for forty-eight hours.

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They haven't slept for forty-eight hours already.

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Forty-eight sailors are on the ship.

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i Register

In some senses, forty-eight is marked as US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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