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
“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
During that September 21 game, the Astros banged the trash can forty-one times.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2021
The sum of a number and three is forty-one.
From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020
His measurements indicated that he had accelerated ions to 80,000 volts by spiraling them around the vacuum chamber forty-one times, thereby delivering eighty-two resonant jolts.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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