forty

[For·ty]

Whether you call it 40 or XL, you're talking about forty: the number between thirty nine and forty one.

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Four times ten; thirtynine and one more.

Noun
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four

Adjective S.
being ten more than thirty


a.
Four times ten; thirty-nine and one more.

n.
The sum of four tens; forty units or objects.

n.
A symbol expressing forty units; as, 40, or xl.


Forty

For"ty , a. [OE. forti, fourti, fowerty, AS. fe'a2wertig; fe'a2wer four + suff. -tig ten; akin to OS. fiwartig, fiartig, D. veertig, G. vierzig, Icel. fj'94rut'c6u, Sw. fyratio, Dan. fyrretyve, Goth. fidwr tigjus. See Four, and Ten, and cf. Fourteen.] Four times ten; thirtynine and one more.

Forty

For"ty, n.; pl. Forties . 1. The sum of four tens; forty units or objects. 2. A symbol expressing forty units; as, 40, or xl.

Four times ten; thirtynine and one more.

The sum of four tens; forty units or objects.

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Usage Examples

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

Forty is the old age of youth fifty the youth of old age.

Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.

I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely.

Anybody under the age of forty knows hip-hop, gospel and R&B pretty well, and it's all a part of what we consider to be 'black music.' There is a natural synergy between the three.

Simply by not owning three medium-sized castles in Tuscany I have saved enough money in the last forty years on insurance premiums alone to buy a medium-sized castle in Tuscany.

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required.

I have these visions of myself being thirty, thirty-five, forty having a family.

Forty years ago this country went down a rabbit hole in Vietnam and millions died. I fear we're going down a rabbit hole once again - and if people can stop and think and reflect on some of the ideas and issues in this movie, perhaps I've done some damn good here!

A mere forty years ago, beach volleyball was just beginning. No bureaucrat would have invented it, and that's what freedom is all about.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I play- it's kind of like a slice-of-life, LA women in their forties, playing forty kind of what's their friendship like, and what's their life like and so I just play one of the four friends.

But you can't focus on things that matter if all you've been is asleep for forty years. Funny how sleep rhymes with sheep. You know.

A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don't know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox's or bear's, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there.

May I say, finally, that I have no illusions of grandeur quite to the contrary, I am very humble in my knowledge that through forty years of my life my life has been an open book of service to my fellow architects and for the public good.

I was up watching Meet Joe Black at four AM. I was hoping Brad Pitt would die, and he was still alive at seven forty in the morning! I actually felt sorry for once, for critics.

If I get the forty additional years statisticians say are likely coming to me, I could fit in at least one, maybe two new lifetimes. Sad that only one of those lifetimes can include being the mother of young children.

'Eyes Wide Open' took shape from two real life events straight from my own past. One was the sad suicide of my young nephew, a troubled kid, who was found at the bottom of a landmark cliff in central California. The second was a chance encounter forty years ago with none other than, ahem, Charles Manson!

I can't get my head around the fact that the technology of the first two movies, which are forty years prior to Star Wars, is so much better than any technology they had in Star Wars!

I'm actually reading 'World War Z' again! It's incredibly realistic and it's written as an oral history through interviews with different characters. Max Brooks wrote this book in so many different voices. There are about forty or so. It's incredible. When I finish 'World War Z' I'm going to go back and start again on the 'Game of Thrones' series.

It's better to have loved and lost than to have to do forty pounds of laundry a week.

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