Seventy-eighth

Numeral

numeral

1. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number seventy-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 78 of a sequence.The answer appears on the seventy-eighth page of the book.She finished seventy-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

• 78th, 78

Full definition of seventy-eighth

Noun

1. (fractional) One of seventy-eight equal parts of a whole.A seventy-eighth of 1560 is 20.

Anagrams

• eighty-seventh