ninety-eighth

English

**English ordinal numbers**
< 97th	98th	99th >
Cardinal : ninety-eight Ordinal : ninety-eighth

Adjective

ninety-eighth

The ordinal form of the number ninety-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 98 of a sequence.
The answer appears on the ninety-eighth page of the book.

She finished ninety-eighth in the race.

Usage notes

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

Abbreviations

98th, 98^th

Translations

ordinal form of ninety-eight

Esperanto: naŭdek-oka

Finnish: yhdeksäskymmeneskahdeksas

Noun

ninety-eighth (plural ninety-eighths)

One of ninety-eight equal parts of a whole.
A ninety-eighth of 1960 is 20.

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