fifty-one
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 50 plus 1.
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a symbol for this number, as 51 or LI.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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"It took us fifty-one days to clear the mines", he told the BBC.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026
When a full-scale Italian invasion of Ethiopia began on October 3 of that year, the League Council immediately declared Italy the aggressor, and fifty-one member nations approved sanctions against Italy.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
This is sometimes called an “observation period” and colloquially referred to as: “Someone has been fifty-one fiftied.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2021
Five hundred and fifty-one of them are serving less than a year for low-level offenses.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2020
“Sure. He’s fifty-one years old. He’s five years older than my mother. I was a late baby.”
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
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