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for⋅ty
[fawr-tee] 
ti
noun, plural -ties, adjective –noun
| 1. | a cardinal number, ten times four. |
| 2. | a symbol for this number, as 40 or XL or XXXX. |
| 3. | a set of this many persons or things. |
| 4. | forties, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like, from 40 through 49, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or degrees of temperature: His office is in the West Forties. Her parents are in their forties. The temperature will be in the forties. |
–adjective
| 5. | amounting to 40 in number. |
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| for·ty (fôr'tē) n. pl. for·ties
[Middle English, from Old English fēowertig; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots.] for'ty adj. & pron. |
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Forties
For"ties\, n. pl. See Forty.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : forties
Spanish:
entre cuarenta y cincuenta años, cuarenta y tantos años,
German:
die Vierziger (pl.),
Japanese:
40代
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