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for·ty
I. \ˈfȯr]d.]ē, ˈfōr], ˈfȯ(ə)], ˈfōə], ]t], ]i\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English fourty, from Old English fēowertig, from fēowertig, n., group of 40, from fēower four + -tig group of 10 — more at four, eighty
: being one more than 39 in number
< forty years >
— see number table
II. pronoun, plural in construction
Etymology: Middle English fourty, from fourty, adjective
: 40 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
< forty are here >
< forty were found >
III. noun
(-es)
1. : four tens : twice 20 : five times eight : two twenties : eight fives : two score
2.
a. : 40 units or objects
< a total of forty >
b. : a group or set of 40
< arranged by forties >
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 40
4. : the 40th in a set or series; especially : an article of clothing of the 40th size
< wears a forty >
5. : something having as an essential feature 40 units or members
6. : a 40-acre plot of land : one sixteenth of a section of land : a rectangular block of land with quarter-mile sides
7. : a boat of 40 tons burden
8. : three points won in a game of tennis
9. forties plural
a. : the numbers 40 to 49 inclusive
< a score in the forties >
< low grades in the forties >
b. : the members of a series or set of successive numbers that end in 40 to 49 inclusive
< the forties of the preceding century >
< lives in the forties in the next block >
c. : the portion of a continuum lying between 40 and 50 on a scale of measurement or segmentation
< temperatures in the forties tomorrow >
< a man in his forties >
< dresses selling in the forties >
< in the latitude of the forties > |