fifty-one

1 of 3

adjective

: being one more than 50 in number

fifty-one years

see Table of Numbers

fifty-one

2 of 3

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

fifty-one

3 of 3

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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