thirty-seventh

thirty-seventh

1. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number thirty-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 37 of a sequence.

   The answer appears on the thirty-seventh page of the book.

   She finished thirty-seventh in the race.

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

• 37th, 37^th

thirty-seventh (plural thirty-sevenths)

1. (fractional) One of thirty-seven equal parts of a whole.

   A thirty-seventh of 740 is 20.