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

“Tragedy: forty-two people, among those thirty women, eight children and four men, died when a boat capsized off the coast of Dakhla,” tweeted Helena Maleno of Caminando Fronteras, which monitors migratory flows.

From Reuters • Aug. 6, 2021

His first clue is that six less than twice his number is between four and forty-two.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

The water temperature was about six degrees Celsius, or forty-two degrees Fahrenheit, slightly milder than I had become accustomed to at the Ladies’ Pond.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 20, 2020

Last year, it collected a hundred and twenty-two billion dollars from online retail sales, and another forty-two billion by helping other firms sell and ship their own goods.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2019

Of course, my bubbe's bathing suit never got wet, and Margaret did forty-two laps.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg