/ Dictionary / Index F forty-seven: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: for•ty-sev•en Pronunciation: (fôr'tē sev'un), [key] — n. a cardinal number, 40 plus 7. a symbol for this number, as 47 or XLVII. a set of this many persons or things. —adj. amounting to 47 in number. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: forty-seven (Thesaurus) forty-second forty-seventh Related Content Daily Word Quiz: eureka Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language