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

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

From The New Yorker • Mar. 4, 2019

One day in the summer of 2011, Christine Richard arrived at the forty-second floor of a high-rise on Fifty-seventh Street in Manhattan to visit a hedge fund called Pershing Square Capital Management.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 26, 2017

On the forty-second floor, I found the entrance to an indoor pool bordered by a wall of windows.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 24, 2014

The biggest jump was Mick Lowe, who vaulted from a dismal 376 last issue to forty-second place this time around.

From Time Magazine Archive

We got off at the observation deck on the forty-second floor to find that the garden, which loomed so large to its tenders, was hopelessly hidden from view by buildings.

From "Seedfolks" by Paul Fleischman