English

Numeral

seventy-first

1. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number seventy-one, describing a person or thing in position number 71 of a sequence.

   The answer appears on the seventy-first page of the book.

   She finished seventy-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.

Abbreviations

• 71st, 71^st

Translations

Noun

seventy-first ‎(plural seventy-firsts)

1. (fractional) One of seventy-one equal parts of a whole.

   A seventy-first of 1420 is 20.