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ti 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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| —n , pl -ties | |
| 1. | See also number the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four |
| 2. | a numeral, 40, XL, etc, representing this number |
| 3. | something representing, represented by, or consisting of 40 units |
| —determiner | |
| 4. | a. amounting to forty: forty thieves |
| b. (as pronoun): there were forty in the herd | |
| [Old English fēowertig] | |
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Word Origin & History
forty
O.E. feowertig, from feower "four" + tig "group of ten" (see -ty (1)). Roaring Forties are rough parts of the ocean between 40 and 50 degrees latitude. Forty winks "short sleep" is attested from 1828.
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