forty-five

[ fawr-tee-fahyv ]

/ ˈfɔr tiˈfaɪv /

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noun

a cardinal number, 40 plus 5.

a symbol for this number, as 45 or XLV.

a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

amounting to 45 in number.

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Words nearby forty-five

forty-eight, forty-eighth, forty-eightmo, forty-fifth, forty-first, forty-five, forty-four, forty-fourth, Forty Hours, fortyish, forty-nine

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How to use forty-five in a sentence

Forty-five KLAC listeners withdrew their pledges in protest at his remarks.
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Forty-five minutes were estimated to have elapsed from the time the stabbing began until the killer left.
The Myth of the Central Park Five|Edward Conlon|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Forty-five relatives, all women and children, were taken by ISIS fighters in Qiniyeh.
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There are two back-to-back forty-five-minute segments without commercials.
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Forty-five year-old Boris Aseyev, a web designer, was one of the civilians wounded on February 20.
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At the age of forty-five Monte Irvin was not ill-looking, and, indeed, was sometimes spoken of as handsome.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
The sails might have been seen in motion forty or forty-five years ago, and probably corn was then ground there.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
If, after all efforts, no fluid is obtained, another test-meal should be given and withdrawn in forty-five minutes.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Soon the whole of the Prussian army, forty-five thousand strong, was engaged in the attempt to crush the small French force.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
I am due to attend at twelve-forty-five in the state temple, where we sanctify some new idol.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling

British Dictionary definitions for forty-five (1 of 2)

forty-five

noun

a gramophone record played at 45 revolutions per minute

US and Canadian a pistol having .45 calibre

British Dictionary definitions for forty-five (2 of 2)

Forty-Five

noun

the Forty-Five British history another name for Jacobite Rebellion (def. 2)

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