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forty-fifth

[ fawr-tee-fifthor, often, -fith ]

adjective

  1. next after the forty-fourth; being the ordinal number for 45.
  2. being one of 45 equal parts.


noun

  1. a forty-fifth part, especially of one (1/45).
  2. the forty-fifth member of a series.

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Example Sentences

After about the forty-fifth year it becomes gradually less; after seventy-five years it is about one-half the amount given.

In temperate climates this menopause occurs about the forty-fifth year, but it may come earlier or considerably later.

He died at ten minutes past eight on Monday evening the 3rd of December, in the forty-fifth year of his age.

Again, if he be perfectly formed on the forty-fifth day, he will move on the ninetieth and be born in the ninth month.

Joan asked, pausing definitely on the corner at Forty-fifth Street.

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