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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.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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