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forty-second
[ fawr-tee-sek-uhnd ]
/ ˈfɔr tiˈsɛk ənd /
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adjective
next after the forty-first; being the ordinal number for 42.
being one of 42 equal parts.
noun
a forty-second part, especially of one (1/42).
the forty-second member of a series.
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