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for·ty Listen to audio/ˈfoɚti/ noun
plural for·ties
1 [count] : the number 40
2 forties [plural] a : the numbers ranging from 40 to 49
The temperature outside is in the high forties.
b : a set of years ending in digits ranging from 40 to 49
She is in her forties. She found some old record albums from the forties. [=from 1940–1949]
— for·ti·eth Listen to audio /ˈfoɚtijəθ/ noun, plural for·ti·eths [count]
one fortieth of the total
— fortieth adjective
his fortieth birthday
— forty adjective
forty days
— forty pronoun
forty of her classmates
— for·ty·ish Listen to audio /ˈfoɚtijɪʃ/ adjective
He was tall, fortyish [=about 40 years old], and had glasses and brown hair.

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