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]
▪ 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]
— fortieth adjective
▪ his fortieth birthday
▪ his fortieth birthday
— forty adjective
▪ forty days
▪ forty days
— forty pronoun
▪ forty of her classmates
▪ forty of her classmates







