forty-one
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 40 plus 1.
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a symbol for this number, as 41 or XLI.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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Around forty-one million people worldwide are affected by gout, and doctors diagnose roughly seven million new cases each year.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2026
Two hundred and forty-one days after the Palisades fire, the Dolphins hosted their first home game at Santa Monica College’s Corsair Field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2025
“There’s an agreement among three gentlemen. There’s a commitment from forty-one presidents and forty-one chancellors and athletic directors to do what we say we’re going to do.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2021
The sum of a number and three is forty-one.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
It took me three hours and forty-one minutes to walk to Aaron Black, because public transportation makes me panicky, even though walking over bridges also makes me panicky.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
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