47th

47th is the ordinal form of the number 47 in English. It denotes the position of an item in a sequence, such as the 47th item in a list or the 47th entry in a series. In contemporary writing, numerals are commonly used after nouns to express ordinals—examples include the 47th edition, the 47th annual conference, or the 47th item on a catalog list. When number words are written out, the form is forty-seventh.

The term appears in a variety of contexts. It is used in dates and event titles, in the naming of streets or districts (for example, Forty-Seventh Street or the 47th Ward in some cities), and in rankings or designations within organizations, competitions, or legislative sessions (such as the 47th edition of a competition or the 47th Congress in historical references). Because it is an ordinal, 47th is inherently about order rather than value alone, and it serves to distinguish one item from others that share the same base number.

Style conventions vary by publication and language tradition. Many style guides prefer spelling out the number as forty-seventh in formal prose, while numerals like 47th are common in lists, headlines, or areas where space is limited. The choice between numerals and words can depend on the surrounding text, audience, and whether other numbers in the same piece are similarly formatted.