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

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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. President Barack Obama:

   Last year, Vice President Biden said that with a new moonshot, America can cure cancer. Last month, he worked with this Congress to give scientists at the National Institutes of Health the strongest resources they've had in over a decade, (Because) he's gone to the mat for all of us, on so many issues over the past forty years, I'm putting Joe in charge of Mission Control.

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. President Peter Yao:

   Forty-two states plus Washington D.C. are home to American companies that were awarded UN contracts in 2017, this new data confirms that the U.N. is not only in America’s foreign policy and national security interests, American corporations also benefit more than any other country in the world from procurement contracts with the U.N.

4. 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.

5. Mitt Romney:

   I join the people of Utah in thanking my friend, Senator Orrin Hatch for his more than forty years of service to our great state and nation.

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