forty-second

[ fawr-tee-sek-uhnd ]

adjective

1. next after the forty-first; being the ordinal number for 42.
2. being one of 42 equal parts.

noun

1. a forty-second part, especially of one (1/42).
2. the forty-second member of a series.

Example Sentences

He died at Windsor Castle on the fourteenth of December, 1861, in the forty-second year of his age.

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On the following day Nat was sent on an errand up to Forty-second Street.

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This is the four hundred and forty-second application for your son's position, sir.

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Reaching the corner of Forty-second Street, he stopped a moment to let a jam of vehicles pass.

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She had been sent for to bid this forty-second cousin good-by, but now she was here he seemed in no haste to depart.

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