forty-two

American  

[fawr-tee-too] / ˈfɔr tiˈtu /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 40 plus 2.

2. a symbol for this number, as 42 or XLII.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

4. a game for two persons or two partnerships played with dominoes but based upon the rules for all fours.

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adjective

1. amounting to 42 in number.

Example Sentences

The swimming pool alone measured one hundred feet by forty-two feet and sat under a glass roof, surrounded by walkways lined with white columns.

From Literature

Outside the train station they hopped on the number forty-two bus to get to their hotel.

From Literature

I didn’t even mention the forty-two thousand old oil paintings of stuffy dead guys with fur collars no one cared about.

From Literature

The commander of the front himself sent a telegram to the regiment, congratulating the two pilots on their fearlessness and airmanship: they had turned away forty-two enemy bombers, and shot down four of them.

From Literature

Next stop is the art room, where we divvy up these forty-two precious names and transfer them onto strips of colored paper, to be formed into loops and added to the chain.

From Literature