fifty-one

fifty-one
adjective
being one more than fifty
• Syn: ↑51, ↑li
• Similar to: ↑cardinal

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I. \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
: being one more than 50 in number

fifty-one years

— see number table
II. pronoun, plural in construction
: 51 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated

fifty-one are here

fifty-one were found

III. noun
1. : one and 50 : three times 17
2.
a. : 51 units or objects

a total of fifty-one

b. : a group or set of 51
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 51
4. : the 51st in a set or series

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/fif"tee wun"/, n.
1. a cardinal number, 50 plus 1.
2. a symbol for this number, as 51 or LI.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
adj.
4. amounting to 51 in number.

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