forty-second

American  

[fawr-tee-sek-uhnd] / ˈfɔr tiˈsɛk ənd /

adjective

1. next after the forty-first; being the ordinal number for 42.

2. being one of 42 equal parts.

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noun

1. a forty-second part, especially of one (1/42).

2. the forty-second member of a series.

Example Sentences

At approximately the forty-second mark, Lady Constance Ashton appeared on the drive, making a beeline toward the POE.

From Literature

When Barack Obama was campaigning for the presidency in 2007, he spoke at a ceremony in Selma commemorating the forty-second anniversary of the march to Montgomery.

From Literature

So half an hour later, when the rope-ladder had been finished and hung, and the forty-second boot had been laced neatly onto the Centipede’s forty-second foot, they were all ready to go out.

From Literature

Politico later reported that it was Hannity’s seventh interview with the President, and Fox’s forty-second.

From The New Yorker

In Puerto Rico, the trolley stops for its forty-second break.

From Literature