forty-five
noun
a cardinal number, 40 plus 5.
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forty-five
American
[fawr-tee-fahyv]
/ ˈfɔr tiˈfaɪv /
noun
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a cardinal number, 40 plus 5.
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a symbol for this number, as 45 or XLV.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
forty-five
1
British
noun
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a gramophone record played at 45 revolutions per minute
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a pistol having .45 calibre
Forty-Five
2
British
noun
Example Sentences
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Alexandra: OK, so right, so right now I have forty five months of emergency fund, so to speak, and I know that I only need to have six.
From Slate • Jul. 24, 2021
“Two hundred and forty five years ago, we declared our independence from a distant king,” he said during the event.
From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2021
In describing this study, O’Keefe and Lavie note that “at about forty five minutes, a point of diminishing returns is reached whereby longer exercise efforts do not appear to translate into lower death risk.”
From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2014
There is a big difference between these logs and a Duraflame™; the Arctic ones come from a forest over forty five million years old.
From Salon • Jan. 20, 2013
In exchange, the au pair was to help out with child care for up to forty five hours per week, five and one half days per week.
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
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