Meaning of FORTY
| Pronunciation: | | 'fortee
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- [n] the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four
- [adj] being ten more than thirty
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| | Synonyms: | | 40, 40, cardinal, twoscore, xl, XL |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\For"ty\ (f[^o]r"t[y^]), a. [OE. forti, fourti, fowerti,
AS. fe['o]wertig; fe['o]wer four + suff. -tig ten; akin to
OS. fiwartig, fiartig, D. veertig, G. vierzig, Icel.
fj["o]rut[=i]u, Sw. fyratio, Dan. fyrretyve, Goth. fidw[=o]r
tigjus. See {Four}, and {Ten}, and cf. {Fourteen}.]
Four times ten; thirty-nine and one more.
\For"ty\, n.; pl. {Forties} (-t[i^]z).
1. The sum of four tens; forty units or objects.
2. A symbol expressing forty units; as, 40, or xl.
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