Definition of "fifty-sixth" in English

adjective

1. The ordinal form of the number fifty-six, describing a person or thing in position number 56 of a sequence.

   • The answer appears on the fifty-sixth page of the book.
   • She finished fifty-sixth in the race.

noun

1. One of fifty-six equal parts of a whole.

   • A fifty-sixth of 1120 is 20.