forty
forty definition
forty (fôrt′ē)
adjective
four times ten
Etymology: ME fourti < OE feowertig, akin to Ger vierzig, Goth fidwor tigjus: see four & -ty
noun pl. forties -·ties
the cardinal number between thirty-nine and forty-one; 40; XL
forty Idioms
the forties
the numbers or years, as of a century, from forty through forty-nine
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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