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eighty-first

American  
[ey-tee-furst] / ˈeɪ tiˈfɜrst /

adjective

  1. next after the eightieth; being the ordinal number for 81.

  2. being one of 81 equal parts.


noun

  1. an eighty-first part, especially of one (1/81).

  2. the eighty-first member of a series.

Example Sentences

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Steinem finished the book in February this year, or, as she puts it, “seventeen deadlines late,” and in March she celebrated her eighty-first birthday, with a small dinner cooked by a group of friends.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 19, 2015

"I damned well hope so," said the late eighty-first master of Stormhold to his four dead sons.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

The eighty-first Lord of Stormhold lay dying in his chamber, which was carved from the highest peak like a hole in a rotten tooth.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

To which of the surviving sons would the eighty-first lord give the stone?

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

It was Odsordny Anner, the eighty-first day of our journey; we were eleven days over Estraven’s proposed schedule.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin