seventy-first

English
English ordinal numbers
 <  70th 71st 72nd  > 
    Cardinal : seventy-one
    Ordinal : seventy-first

Adjective

seventy-first

  1. The ordinal form of the number seventy-one, describing a person or thing in position number 71 of a sequence.
    The answer appears on the seventy-first page of the book.
    She finished seventy-first in the race.

Usage notes

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

Abbreviations
  • 71st, 71st

Translations

Noun

seventy-first (plural seventy-firsts)

  1. One of seventy-one equal parts of a whole.
    A seventy-first of 1420 is 20.
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