forty-fourth

[ fawr-tee-fawrth, -fohrth ]

/ ˈfɔr tiˈfɔrθ, -ˈfoʊrθ /

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adjective

next after the forty-third; being the ordinal number for 44.

being one of 44 equal parts.

noun

a forty-fourth part, especially of one (1/44).

the forty-fourth member of a series.

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How to use forty-fourth in a sentence

A fourth suspect, a 26-year-old woman named Hayat Boumeddiene, remains at large.
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I was already over forty, had hardly a nickel in my pocket and this was the biggest break in my life.
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Almost forty years later, it seems unlikely this will ever be the case.
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But in more middle-class and working-class neighborhoods, sessions are typically a fourth of that price.
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In treble, second and fourth, the first change is a dodge behind; and the second time the treble leads, there's a double Bob.
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It succeeds best in a deep rich loam in a climate ranging from forty to fifty degrees of latitude.
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After about the forty-fifth year it becomes gradually less; after seventy-five years it is about one-half the amount given.
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It was Wednesday night; over forty men sat down to the house-dinner at the Pandemonium Club.
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