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

An additional forty-six cents will get you Omarosa Manigault Newman's "insider's account" of her short-lived tenure in that very White House.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2020

Write nine billion, two hundred forty-six million, seventy-three thousand, one hundred eighty-nine as a whole number using digits.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

“When the neighbor returned Sunday evening, the man met him outside. “I never made it to forty-six, but when you step inside your house, you’ll know your cat is no longer constipated.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2020

Schjeldahl, reflecting on forty-six years with his wife, Brooke, writes, “I am so glad we stayed together that, for once in my verbose life, words to express it fail me.”

From The New Yorker • Jan. 13, 2020

“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 "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera