forty-two
[fawr-tee-too]
- a cardinal number, 40 plus 2.
- a symbol for this number, as 42 or XLII.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- a game for two persons or two partnerships played with dominoes but based upon the rules for all fours.
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- amounting to 42 in number.
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Examples from the Web for forty-two
Contemporary Examples
Forty-two years after its debut, The Godfather casts a long shadow over American cinema.
Her mother “was forty-two, and not delighted… I weighed over ten pounds and (she told me frequently) I nearly finished her off.”
Forty-two of the 49 Tunisian women parliamentarians are members of the Islamist Ennahda party.
Forty-two year-old Tareq displayed an almost childlike need to be the smart guy in the room, the one in control.
Forty-two percent of Afghan citizens live below the poverty line [PDF].
Historical Examples
I'm forty-two and not so much of a fool that I ain't a little bit of a physician.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
Sedan's proportionate share of the assessment was forty-two thousand francs.
The DownfallEmile Zola
Lowell died in 1817, at the early age of forty-two, but his work did not die with him.
The Age of InventionHolland Thompson
He'd said that what he was looking for—and what he'd found—was forty-two thousand miles from Weald.
Pariah PlanetMurray Leinster
He cleared the water forty-two times, all in a very few minutes.
Tales of FishesZane Grey