forty-five

[ fawr-tee-fahyv ]
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noun
  1. a cardinal number, 40 plus 5.

  2. a symbol for this number, as 45 or XLV.

  1. a set of this many persons or things.

adjective
  1. amounting to 45 in number.

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How to use forty-five in a sentence

  • At the age of forty-five Monte Irvin was not ill-looking, and, indeed, was sometimes spoken of as handsome.

    Dope | Sax Rohmer
  • The sails might have been seen in motion forty or forty-five years ago, and probably corn was then ground there.

    Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
  • If, after all efforts, no fluid is obtained, another test-meal should be given and withdrawn in forty-five minutes.

    A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd
  • Soon the whole of the Prussian army, forty-five thousand strong, was engaged in the attempt to crush the small French force.

    Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
  • I am due to attend at twelve-forty-five in the state temple, where we sanctify some new idol.

British Dictionary definitions for forty-five (1 of 2)

forty-five

noun
  1. a gramophone record played at 45 revolutions per minute

  2. US and Canadian a pistol having .45 calibre

British Dictionary definitions for Forty-Five (2 of 2)

Forty-Five

noun
  1. the Forty-Five British history another name for Jacobite Rebellion (def. 2)

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