sixty-first

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English

English ordinal numbers
 <  60th 61st 62nd  > 
    Cardinal : sixty-one
    Ordinal : sixty-first

Adjective

sixty-first

  1. The ordinal form of the number sixty-one, describing a person or thing in position number 61 of a sequence.
    The answer appears on the sixty-first page of the book.
    She finished sixty-first in the race.

Usage notes

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

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Noun

sixty-first (plural sixty-firsts)

  1. One of sixty-one equal parts of a whole.
    A sixty-first of 1220 is 20.