eighty-one

1 of 3

adjective

: being one more than eighty in number

eighty-one years

see Table of Numbers

eighty-one

2 of 3

pronoun, plural in construction

"

: 81 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated

eighty-one are here

eighty-one were found

eighty-one

3 of 3

noun

"

1

: one and 80 : three times 27 : nine nines : the square of nine

2

a

: 81 units or objects

a total of eighty-one

b

: a group or set of 81

3

: the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 81

4

: the 81st in a set or series

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