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fifteen

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English numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: fifteen
    Ordinal: fifteenth

Pronunciation

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  • (next word stressed near the first syllable)
    (UK) (US) IPA (key): /ˈfɪf.tiːn/
  • (file)
  • (next word stressed after the first syllable)
    (UK) (US) IPA (key): /fɪfˈtiːn/

Determiner

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Determiner
fifteen

  1. (number) (indefinite) (plural) (count) (ordinal fifteenth) Fifteen is the number that is after fourteen and before sixteen. It can also be written as 15.
    Fifteen ducks swim on the lake.

Noun

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Singular
fifteen

Plural
fifteens

  1. The number 15.
    Five and ten makes fifteen.
  2. A set of fifteen things or persons.
    The fifteen were leaving the city.
  3. To be fifteen years old.
    Paul is fifteen, but he looks older