forty-five

[ fawr-tee-fahyv ]

noun

1. a cardinal number, 40 plus 5.
2. a symbol for this number, as 45 or XLV.
3. a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

1. amounting to 45 in number.

Forty-Five

¹

noun

1. See Jacobite Rebellion
   the Forty-Five
   the Forty-Five history another name for Jacobite Rebellion

forty-five

²

noun

1. a gramophone record played at 45 revolutions per minute
2. a pistol having .45 calibre

Example Sentences

Forty-five KLAC listeners withdrew their pledges in protest at his remarks.

From The Daily Beast

Forty-five minutes were estimated to have elapsed from the time the stabbing began until the killer left.

From The Daily Beast

Forty-five relatives, all women and children, were taken by ISIS fighters in Qiniyeh.

From The Daily Beast

There are two back-to-back forty-five-minute segments without commercials.

From The Daily Beast

Forty-five year-old Boris Aseyev, a web designer, was one of the civilians wounded on February 20.

From The Daily Beast

At the age of forty-five Monte Irvin was not ill-looking, and, indeed, was sometimes spoken of as handsome.

From Project Gutenberg

The sails might have been seen in motion forty or forty-five years ago, and probably corn was then ground there.

From Project Gutenberg

If, after all efforts, no fluid is obtained, another test-meal should be given and withdrawn in forty-five minutes.

From Project Gutenberg

Soon the whole of the Prussian army, forty-five thousand strong, was engaged in the attempt to crush the small French force.

From Project Gutenberg

I am due to attend at twelve-forty-five in the state temple, where we sanctify some new idol.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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