FIFTY-TWO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fifty-two mean? 

• FIFTY-TWO (adjective)
  The adjective FIFTY-TWO has 1 sense:

1. being two more than fifty

  Familiarity information: FIFTY-TWO used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIFTY-TWO (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being two more than fifty

Synonyms:

52; fifty-two; lii

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)

 Context examples 

Fifty-two of these patients who chose not to receive the biologic therapy, were treated with topical or light therapies only and served as the control group.

(Psoriasis therapy linked to reduced coronary inflammation in patients with the skin condition, National Institutes of Health)

Mr. Oldacre is a bachelor, fifty-two years of age, and lives in Deep Dene House, at the Sydenham end of the road of that name.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)