English

Numeral

eighty-second

1. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number eighty-two, describing a person or thing in position number 82 of a sequence.

   The answer appears on the eighty-second page of the book.

   She finished eighty-second 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

• 82nd, 82^nd

Noun

eighty-second ‎(plural eighty-seconds)

1. (fractional) One of eighty-two equal parts of a whole.

   An eighty-second of 1640 is 20.