forty-fifth

[ fawr-tee-fifth or, often, -fith ]

/ ˈfɔr tiˈfɪfθ or, often, -ˈfɪθ /

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adjective

next after the forty-fourth; being the ordinal number for 45.

being one of 45 equal parts.

noun

a forty-fifth part, especially of one (1/45).

the forty-fifth member of a series.

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Nearby words

forty hours, forty winks, forty-eight, forty-eighth, forty-eightmo, forty-fifth, forty-first, forty-five, forty-four, forty-fourth, forty-nine

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Examples from the Web for forty-fifth

He died at ten minutes past eight on Monday evening the 3rd of December, in the forty-fifth year of his age.
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Proceeding to Zara, he fell in battle near that place in his forty-fifth year; at least such is the account of Vasari.
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On the forty-fifth day after admission the patient had a severe chill, followed by a rise of temperature to 104°.
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Thus had passed Montague Dartie in the forty-fifth year of his age from the house which he had called his own.
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Every male who is a German subject can be called upon to serve as a soldier from his seventeenth to his forty-fifth year.
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