Definition of Forty-one

1. Adjective. Being one more than forty.

Exact synonyms: 41, Xli
Similar to: Cardinal

Definition of Forty-one

1. Number. The cardinal number immediately following forty and preceding forty-two. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Forty-one

forty
forty-eight
forty-eighth
forty-eightmo
forty-fifth
forty-first
forty-firsts
forty-five
forty-four
forty-fourth
forty-leven
forty-nine
forty-niner
forty-ninth
forty-ninth parallel
forty-one (current term)
forty-oneth
forty-second
forty-seven
forty-seventh
forty-six
forty-sixth
forty-spot
forty-spots
forty-third
forty-three
forty-two
forty minutes of hell
forty winks
fortyfold

Literary usage of Forty-one

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

1. Journal by General Assembly, Pennsylvania General Assembly. Senate, Pennsylvania (1905)
"Harvey W. Shay had twenty-one thousand eight hundred and forty-one. Francis J. Rogers had twenty-one thousand eight hundred and forty-four. ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1894)
"179<>. art ed forty-one times, and became a stock piece. It supplied Munden with his favourite character of Caustic. 'A Cure for the Ache," a five-act ..."

3. Annual Report by New York (State) (1866)
"A new pier was built at the head of lock thirty-eight, and foot bridges put on at locks thirty-four, thirty-six, forty, forty-one, forty-two and forty.three ..."

4. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1902)
"I put thirty a little higher than thirty-one, and forty a little higher than forty-one, and so on throughout the remaining groups. ..."

5. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1866)
"... twenty-two hundred and seventy-two six-inch solid shot; thirty-two eight-inch canister; forty-one seven- inch canister; sixty six-inch canister; ..."

6. Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad (1900)
"CHAPTER forty-one "To THE very last moment, till the full day came upon them with a spring, the fires on the west ..."

7. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1860)
"... companies of Georgia militia, fur services rendered in the years eighteen hundred and forty and eighteen hundred and forty-one. ..."

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