ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Twenty-first

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Twenty-first is an adjective meaning The ordinal form of the number twenty-one.

Meaning

The ordinal form of the number twenty-one.

More Meanings

  1. The person or thing in the twenty-first position.
  2. One of twenty-one equal parts of a whole, usually written ¹⁄₂₁.
  3. (informal) A party to celebrate a twenty-first birthday.

Word Forms

Synonyms for twenty-first

Depending on context, synonyms include twenty-oneth, ordinal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ordinal, twenty-third, twenty-fifth, twentieth, twenty-second, nineteenth.

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