twenty-first

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English

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    Cardinal: twenty-one
    Ordinal: twenty-first
    Adverbial: twenty-one times

Adjective

twenty-first (not comparable)

  1. The ordinal form of the number twenty-one.

Abbreviations

21st, 21st, XXI

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Noun

twenty-first (plural twenty-firsts)

  1. The person or thing in the twenty-first position.
  2. One of twenty-one equal parts of a whole, usually written 121.
  3. (informal) A party to celebrate a twenty-first birthday.

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