Definitions for forty
ˈfɔr tiforty

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. forty, 40, XL(adj)

   the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four

2. forty, 40, xl, twoscore(adj)

   being ten more than thirty

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1. forty(Noun)

   A 40 ounce bottle of beer.

2. forty(Numeral)

   The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Forty(adj)

   four times ten; thirty-nine and one more

   Etymology: [OE. forti, fourti, fowerti, AS. fewertig; fewer four + suff. -tig ten; akin to OS. fiwartig, fiartig, D. veertig, G. vierzig, Icel. fjrutu, Sw. fyratio, Dan. fyrretyve, Goth. fidwr tigjus. See Four, and Ten, and cf. Fourteen.]

2. Forty(noun)

   the sum of four tens; forty units or objects

   Etymology: [OE. forti, fourti, fowerti, AS. fewertig; fewer four + suff. -tig ten; akin to OS. fiwartig, fiartig, D. veertig, G. vierzig, Icel. fjrutu, Sw. fyratio, Dan. fyrretyve, Goth. fidwr tigjus. See Four, and Ten, and cf. Fourteen.]

3. Forty(noun)

   a symbol expressing forty units; as, 40, or xl

   Etymology: [OE. forti, fourti, fowerti, AS. fewertig; fewer four + suff. -tig ten; akin to OS. fiwartig, fiartig, D. veertig, G. vierzig, Icel. fjrutu, Sw. fyratio, Dan. fyrretyve, Goth. fidwr tigjus. See Four, and Ten, and cf. Fourteen.]

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1. Forty

   Forty: Live Limited Edition is a live album released by Thomas Dolby in 2001. It was recorded at a gathering at his Half Moon Bay, Northern California, home celebrating his fortieth birthday, and at another private performance. It features backing musicians Brian Salter, Leslie Adams, and Caroline Lavelle. All seven songs originally appeared on previous albums: three from The Flat Earth, two from Aliens Ate My Buick, and one each from The Golden Age of Wireless and Astronauts and Heretics.

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1. Forty

   for′ti, adj. and n. four times ten.—adj. For′tieth.—n. a fortieth part.—Forty winks, a short nap, esp. after dinner.—The Forty, the French Academy. [A.S. féowertig—feower, four, tig, ten.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'forty' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3566

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'forty' in Written Corpus Frequency: #278

How to pronounce forty?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of forty in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of forty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of forty in a Sentence

1. John Jay Chapman:

   Is there something in trade that desiccates and flattens out, that turns men into dried leaves at the age of forty? Certainly there is. It is not due to trade but to intensity of self-seeking, combined with narrowness of occupation. Business has destroyed the very knowledge in us of all other natural forces except business.

2. Jack Benny:

   My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never.

3. Will Rogers:

   One ad is worth more to a paper than forty editorials.

4. Victor Hugo:

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

5. Rui Li:

   Forty states mandated private insurance coverage for DSMT, but there are private plans that still do not cover it and many others that require a co-payment.

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