forty-second
[fawr-tee-sek-uh nd]
- next after the forty-first; being the ordinal number for 42.
- being one of 42 equal parts.
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- a forty-second part, especially of one (1/42).
- the forty-second member of a series.
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Examples from the Web for forty-second
Historical Examples
We'll take the car down to Forty-second Street, and cross over.
The Film of FearArnold Fredericks
What are his plans for his new show that he is tearing up Forty-second Street about?
Blue-grass and BroadwayMaria Thompson Daviess
On the following day Nat was sent on an errand up to Forty-second Street.
From Farm to FortuneHoratio Alger Jr.
The "Highlander" regiments were the Forty-second and Seventy-first.
The Campaign of 1776 around New York and BrooklynHenry P. Johnston
This is a mistake: it arrives at the Forty-second Street Station.
A Temporary Dead-LockThomas A. Janvier