fifty-first

American  

[fif-tee-furst] / ˈfɪf tiˈfɜrst /

adjective

1. next after the fiftieth; being the ordinal number for 51.

2. being one of 51 equal parts.

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noun

1. a fifty-first part, especially of one (1/51).

2. the fifty-first member of a series.

Example Sentences

Robert Redford is the President; Vietnam is the fifty-first state.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 2, 2019

Whatever the slim prospects of another deal—to avoid a more ominous confrontation—there’s no sign yet of that fifty-first date.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 1, 2018

Norman Mailer and Jimmy Breslin, in their campaign for Gracie Mansion, in 1969, ran on a platform of making New York City “the fifty-first state”; later on, Breslin recommended declaring New York an “international city.”

From The New Yorker • Jun. 30, 2016

He proposed that New York become the fifty-first state and give its neighborhoods a degree of local autonomy undreamed of by even such a small-government advocate as Buckley.

From The New Yorker • May 25, 2015

We celebrated my fifty-first birthday with a little party in the de Vrieses’ alcove home.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom