forty
[ fawr-tee ]
/ ˈfɔr ti /
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noun, plural for·ties.
a cardinal number, ten times four.
a symbol for this number, as 40 or XL or XXXX.
a set of this many persons or things.
forties, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like, from 40 through 49, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or degrees of temperature: His office is in the West Forties. Her parents are in their forties. The temperature will be in the forties.
adjective
amounting to 40 in number.
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forty
/ (ˈfɔːtɪ) /
noun plural -ties
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and fourSee also number (def. 1)
a numeral, 40, XL, etc, representing this number
something representing, represented by, or consisting of 40 units
determiner
- amounting to fortyforty thieves
- (as pronoun)there were forty in the herd
Word Origin for forty
Old English fēowertig
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