forty-five

American  

[fawr-tee-fahyv] / ˈfɔr tiˈfaɪv /

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.

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adjective

1. amounting to 45 in number.

forty-five ¹ British  

noun

1. a gramophone record played at 45 revolutions per minute

2. a pistol having .45 calibre

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Forty-Five ² British  

noun

1. history another name for Jacobite Rebellion

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Example Sentences

It takes forty-five minutes to greet every one of the family members.

From Literature

When Gibby called at eleven forty-five, Michael was making a list of things he needed to add to the stash, like cereal, powdered milk, and two pocketknives.

From Literature

By the time the plot arrives at the point where it gets to be an actual story, instead of a forty-five minute flashback sequence, the credits start rolling.

From Salon

Thus, state and local government employment basically kept up with forty-five percent population growth over those years, while federal employment barely grew at all.

From Salon

“And you know how stupid I am? When I saw the police coming up to the house, I thought they were going to arrest the two of them. For about forty-five seconds I was happy.”

From Literature

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