[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a cardinal number, 40 plus 8.", "a symbol for this number, such as 48 or XLVIII.", "a set of 48 persons or things:Of the two parties that reserved a private room tonight, the forty-eight is the larger, so put them in the east dining room just off the lounge.", "the forty-eight,Informal.the conterminous United States(def) conterminous United States(def):Crossing the border into Alberta, Canada, was the first time he’d ventured beyond the forty-eight."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["amounting to 48 in number:So far, forty-eight students have registered for soccer."]}]