/ Dictionary / Index F forty-seventh: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: for•ty-sev•enth Pronunciation: (fôr'tē sev'unth), [key] — adj. next after the forty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 47. being one of 47 equal parts. —n. a forty-seventh part, esp. of one (). the forty-seventh member of a series. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: forty-seventh (Thesaurus) forty-seven forty-six Related Content Daily Word Quiz: tactful Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language