forty
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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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Example sentences
Forty percent registered some level of alcohol on the meters.
The fact that forty scientists participated in this study hasn't added credibility to its conclusions.
Luckily for the forty-six workers orchestrating the night's quick conversion, this stadium is made to morph.
She shows every sign of having become more frightened over the past forty years.
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