71

After seventy, before

Seventy-one, the number between 70 and 72.

As a noun, it names the quantity: There were 71 people at the party.

As an adjective, it modifies: a 71-year-old woman.

In American roulette, the odds of hitting a single number are roughly 1 in 38—71 isn't on the wheel, but appears in addresses, jersey numbers, and highway designations.

age

seventy-one

Sixty plus eleven

retirement · pensioner · grandparent · golden years · lifespan · birthday · milestone · generation

number

seventy-one

Sixty plus eleven

odd · prime · digit · numeral · sequence · count · quantity · value · figure · whole

mathematics

seventy-one

Sixty plus eleven

odd · integer · whole · number theory · arithmetic · divisor · composite · sequence

history

seventy-one

Sixty plus eleven

  • 1971A calendar year
  • yearTwelve-month duration
  • Nixon37th U.S. president

Apollo · Bangladesh · Pentagon Papers · Attica · UK · decade · seventies · era · Cold War

luck

seventy-one

Sixty plus eleven

superstition · gambling · blackjack · casino · hit · stand · cards · betting · odds · winner

Categories
Opposites
primality

71composite number

Integer with several divisors

72 · 70 · 100 · 75 · 69

parity

7170

Number after sixty-nine

72 · even number · 68 · 74 · 100

magnitude

710

Numeral for nothing

1 · zero · infinity

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G