forty-six

American  

[fawr-tee-siks] / ˈfɔr tiˈsɪks /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 40 plus 6.

2. a symbol for this number, as 46 or XLVI.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to 46 in number.

Example Sentences

“One hundred and forty-six people, exactly the number of Monitors on each ship, is all it takes for humans to continue with enough genetic diversity in case the rest of us die.”

From Literature

But Karpov had qualified to play Bobby by winning his three Candidates matches, during which he’d played forty-six grueling games and only lost three.

From Literature

The battlefield is a mat—forty-six feet long by six feet wide.

From Literature

In 1871, he was appointed mine inspector, a job he still held when the book was published: “He has done efficient work in the inspection of the forty-six or more mines in his district.”

From Seattle Times

Humans have forty-six such chromosomes in total—twenty-three from one parent and twenty-three from another.

From Literature