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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"It's exciting for us when we're making music to hear something that we possibly haven't heard before," they explained to The Forty-Five.
From BBC • Jul. 27, 2023
A number of smaller players also made the list, like Three Forty-Five Spectrum, which you can view on Light Reading’s site.
From The Verge • Jan. 15, 2022
With such a predecessor and rival, Mr. Stevenson wisely leaves the pomps and battles of the Forty-Five, its chivalry and gallantry, alone.
From Essays in Little by Lang, Andrew
This has just been reached in "Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway," that classless concoction of George M. Cohan which shows her as a sedate housemaid of somber clothes and repressed demeanor.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 by Various
"And now, Mem," says the young Fellow with a Simper, "allow me to show you a Love of a Robe, a Bar�ge, Double Glac�, brocaded in the Flouncings, and reduced to Twenty-One-and-Six from Forty-Five."
From Manners & Cvftoms of ye Englyfhe Drawn from ye Qvick by Doyle, Richard
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