Definition of Twenty-first

1. Adjective. Coming next after the twentieth in position.

Exact synonyms: 21st
Similar to: Ordinal

Definition of Twenty-first

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

2. Noun. The person or thing in the twenty-first position. ¹

3. Noun. One of twenty-one equal parts of a whole, usually written \textstyle\frac{1}{21}. ¹

4. Noun. (informal) The twenty-first birthday. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Twenty-first

twelves
twelvescore
twelveth
twenny
twentie
twenties
twentieth
twentiethly
twentieths
twenty
twenty-eight
twenty-eighth
twenty-eighths
twenty-fifth
twenty-fifths
twenty-first (current term)
twenty-firsts
twenty-five
twenty-five-eight
twenty-five-thousander
twenty-five-thousanders
twenty-five/eight
twenty-five past
twenty-five percent
twenty-five to
twenty-four
twenty-four hours
twenty-four seven
twenty-fourmo
twenty-fourth

Literary usage of Twenty-first

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"On the twenty-first the rebel army advanced in three columns by Smithfield, Summit Point, and Berryville on our army, concentrated about Charlestown, ..."

2. The New York Red Book (1897)
"The forty-eighth election district of the twenty-first assembly district; eighteenth to twentieth election districts of the twenty-third assembly district; ..."

3. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1869)
"... on which day it adjourned to meet on Thursday, the twenty-first day of November, AD ; met on the said twenty-first day of November, and ended the second ..."

4. Proceedings by Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain) (1889)
"THE twenty-first Annual General Meeting was held in the Library of the Institute, ... The Council, in presenting the twenty-first Annual Report, ..."

5. Annual Report (1902)
"... Vermont to Budlong Ave 4 1405 twenty-first St., at Compton Ave. and West 4 188 twenty-first St., at Long Beach Ave. and East 4 940 Twenty-second St., ..."

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