forty-first

[fawr-tee-furst]

adjective

1. next after the fortieth; being the ordinal number for 41.

2. being one of 41 equal parts.

noun

1. a forty-first part, especially of one (1/41).

2. the forty-first member of a series.

Example Sentences

On the forty-first move, after five hours of play, with his heart slightly pounding, Bobby lifted his rook with his trembling right hand, quietly lowered the piece to the board, and said, “Mate!”

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The Islamic Republic marks its forty-first anniversary next month.

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This would be her forty-first week in a row of climate-striking.

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But there is little so far to indicate that the Islamic Republic won’t be celebrating its forty-first anniversary next year, at its Interest Section near the White House.

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Like the late forty-first President himself, it was a bit corny.

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