fifty-one
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Being one more than fifty: The cardinal number that follows fifty and precedes fifty-two; the sum of fifty and one.
Usage
- Adjective:
- This word is used to describe a quantity or position in a sequence that is exactly one unit greater than fifty.
- It is typically used attributively before a noun or as a predicate adjective.
Examples
- Adjective:
- There are fifty-one states in the proposed design for the new flag.
- She celebrated her fifty-first birthday with a large party. (Note: "fifty-first" is the ordinal form, derived from the cardinal "fifty-one").
- The final score was fifty-one to forty-nine.
Advanced Usage
- In mathematics and statistics: Used to denote a specific integer value.
- The dataset requires a sample size of fifty-one to achieve statistical significance.
- In age and anniversaries: Commonly used to specify age or yearly milestones.
- The company published its fifty-first annual report.
Variants and Related Words
- Fifty-first (adj): The ordinal number corresponding to fifty-one; coming after the fiftieth in a series.
- He finished in fifty-first place in the marathon.
- 51 (numeral): The numeric symbol representing the number fifty-one.
Synonyms
- 51: The numeric representation.
- LI (Roman numerals): The Roman numeral representation for fifty-one (Note: LI = 51).
Notes
- "Fifty-one" is a compound number formed by combining the tens word "fifty" with the units word "one." It follows the standard pattern for English numbers from 21 to 99 (e.g., twenty-one, thirty-two).
- The hyphen is standard in the written form when used as an adjective before a noun (e.g., fifty-one cards). It may be omitted in certain numeral contexts.
Adjective
- being one more than fifty