twenty-first

twenty-first
adjective
coming next after the twentieth in position (Freq. 3)
• Syn: ↑21st
• Similar to: ↑ordinal

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I. \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
1. : being number 21 in a countable series

the twenty-first day

— see number table
2. : being one of 21 equal parts into which something is divisible

a twenty-first share of the money

II. noun
1. : number 21 in a countable series

the twenty-first of the month

2. : the quotient of a unit divided by 21 : one of 21 equal parts of something

one twenty-first of the total

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/twen"tee ferrst", twun"-/, adj.
1. next after the twentieth; being the ordinal number for 21.
2. being one of 21 equal parts.
n.
3. a twenty-first part, esp. of one (1/21).
4. the twenty-first member of a series.

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twenty-first UK US noun [countable] [singular twenty-first plural twenty-firsts] british
someone’s 21st birthday, when they often have a party to celebrate the fact that they have become a full adult
Thesaurus: birthdays and anniversarieshyponym

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ˌtwenty-ˈfirst [twenty-first] noun singular (informal, especially BrE)
a person's 21st birthday and the celebrations for this occasion

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She's having a party on her twenty-first.

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His parents gave him a car for his twenty-first.


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