sixty-one

1 of 3

adjective

: being one more than 60 in number

sixty-one years

see Table of Numbers

sixty-one

2 of 3

pronoun, plural in construction

"

: 61 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated

sixty-one are here

sixty-one were found

sixty-one

3 of 3

noun

"

1

: one and 60

2

a

: 61 units or objects

a total of sixty-one

b

: a group or set of 61

3

: the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 61

4

: the 61st in a set or series

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