Definition

1. 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

1. being one more than fifty