FORTIES

forties, mid-forties

(noun) the time of life between 40 and 50

forties

(noun) the decade from 1940 to 1949

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Forties

A sea area, in the northern part of the North Sea, where the depth of water is consistently forty fathoms

Synonyms

• Long Forties

Anagrams

• Forseti, foister, sefirot

Noun

forties

plural of forty

Noun

forties pl (plural only)

The decade of the 1840s, 1940s, etc.

Synonyms: '40s, 40s

The decade of one's life from age 40 through age 49.

(temperature, rates, pluralonly) The range between 40 and 49.

Adjective

forties (not comparable)

From or evoking the 41st through 50th years of a century (chiefly the 1940s).

Anagrams

• Forseti, foister, sefirot

Source: Wiktionary

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For"ties, n. pl.

Definition: See Forty.

FORTY

For"ty, a. Etym: [OE. forti, fourti, fowerty, AS. feówertig; feówer four + suff. -tig ten; akin to OS. fiwartig, fiartig, D. veertig, G. vierzig, Icel. fjörutiu, Sw. fyratio, Dan. fyrretyve, Goth. fidw. See Four, and Ten, and cf. Fourteen.]

Definition: Four times ten; thirtynine and one more.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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