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twenty-first

twenty-first

11 1.0
Number that comes after twenty in a sequence
  • adjective
  • /ˈtwɛnti fɜrst/
translation icon : vigésimo primero
  • "Till then, allow us to be your host in the twenty-first century."
  • twenty-first century
  • twenty-first-century learning
  • twenty-first century education

Examples

  • - Twenty-first of January, 2005.

  • This is my twenty-first season.

  • As we advance into the early years of the twenty-first century, we have some critical choices.

    Academic text (2003)
  • In fall 2010, the head of school created a twenty-first-century skills committee to further our preliminary work.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Finally, how does the board assess the institution's delivery of twenty-first-century learning?

    Academic text (2013)
  • As we progress through the twenty-first century, the achievement gap continues to be problematic.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The Republic of Haiti, as of the beginning of the twenty-first century, continues to exist.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Will we survive into the twenty-first century, and do so while living meaningfully?

    Academic text (1994)
  • Human development reports released by the United Nations underscore their huge deficits entering the twenty-first century.

    Academic text (2013)
  • This is my twenty-first season as a coach.

Synonyms

21st
vstwenty-first
271 1.0

A way to write the number twenty-one for dates and positions

has the same meaning but written in full words

How Late

thirtieth
5 1.0
twenty-first
11 1.0
twentieth
6 1.0
tenth
35 1.0
first
7 1.0

Surface Forms

twenty-first positive

Morphology

twenty-first = twenty + first (transparent) = twenty + first

The meaning is a direct numeric composition: 'twenty' + 'first' = 21st, which is clear to learners familiar with number formation.

Etymology

Twenty-first is made of twenty ('20') and first ('one' or '1st'), so it means 'one after twenty' and refers to the 21st in order.