Eighty-eighth

Numeral

numeral

1. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number eighty-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 88 of a sequence.The answer appears on the eighty-eighth page of the book.She finished eighty-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

• 88th, 88

Full definition of eighty-eighth

Noun

1. (fractional) One of eighty-eight equal parts of a whole.An eighty-eighth of 1760 is 20.