forty

noun

for·ty ˈfȯr-tē How to pronounce forty (audio)

plural forties

: a number equal to four times 10 see Table of Numbers

forties plural : the numbers 40 to 49

specifically : the years 40 to 49 in a lifetime or century

: the third point scored by a side in a game of tennis

or 40, US, informal : a forty-ounce bottle or other container of an alcoholic beverage (such as beer or malt liquor)

Kelvin finished his forty in seven or eight long gulps. Tossed the bottle in the median carpeted with brown grass.

Dave Byrne

… smoking weed and drinking 40s while her kids run loose.

Jim Schutze

fortieth

ˈfȯr-tē-əth How to pronounce forty (audio)

adjective or noun

forty adjective

forty pronoun, plural in construction

fortyish

ˈfȯr-tē-ish How to pronounce forty (audio)

adjective

Example Sentences

The temperature outside is in the high forties. She is in her forties.

Recent Examples on the Web Ladenburg had opened its doors, wallets, and hearts to Ukrainian refugees, and there were about forty in the town already.

Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022 The dead were then buried in the local churchyard or in family plots on the back forty of the farm.

Lisa Wells, Harper's Magazine, 28 Sep. 2021 The middle forty to fifty per cent decided the outcome of elections.

Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 16 June 2021 There was another patient waiting, a woman in her forties with brown, chin-length hair.

Brooke Jarvis, Wired, 13 May 2020 Now, today’s middle-class workers in their forties and even fifties will likely get stuck with the huge tax increases.

Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2020 Despite initial data from China that showed elderly people and those with other health conditions were most vulnerable, young people — from twenty-somethings to those in their early forties — are falling seriously ill.

Robert Langreth, Bloomberg.com, 15 Mar. 2020 The victim has so far only been identified as a man in his forties or fifties.

Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 4 Dec. 2019 His memoir, starting with life here in the thirties and forties, is the main course of Reflections and it is presented with side dishes of state and local history, travelogues, biographies, philosophy and fishing lore.

courant.com, 31 Oct. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English fourty, adjective, from Old English fēowertig, from fēowertig group of 40, from fēower four + -tig group of 10; akin to Old English tīen ten

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	forty
释义	forty noun for·ty ˈfȯr-tē plural forties 1 : a number equal to four times 10 see Table of Numbers 2 forties plural : the numbers 40 to 49 specifically : the years 40 to 49 in a lifetime or century 3 : the third point scored by a side in a game of tennis 4 or 40, US, informal : a forty-ounce bottle or other container of an alcoholic beverage (such as beer or malt liquor) Kelvin finished his forty in seven or eight long gulps. Tossed the bottle in the median carpeted with brown grass. Dave Byrne … smoking weed and drinking 40s while her kids run loose. Jim Schutze fortieth ˈfȯr-tē-əth adjective or noun forty adjective forty pronoun, plural in construction fortyish ˈfȯr-tē-ish adjective Example Sentences The temperature outside is in the high forties. She is in her forties. Recent Examples on the Web Ladenburg had opened its doors, wallets, and hearts to Ukrainian refugees, and there were about forty in the town already. Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022 The dead were then buried in the local churchyard or in family plots on the back forty of the farm. Lisa Wells, Harper's Magazine, 28 Sep. 2021 The middle forty to fifty per cent decided the outcome of elections. Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 16 June 2021 There was another patient waiting, a woman in her forties with brown, chin-length hair. Brooke Jarvis, Wired, 13 May 2020 Now, today’s middle-class workers in their forties and even fifties will likely get stuck with the huge tax increases. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2020 Despite initial data from China that showed elderly people and those with other health conditions were most vulnerable, young people — from twenty-somethings to those in their early forties — are falling seriously ill. Robert Langreth, Bloomberg.com, 15 Mar. 2020 The victim has so far only been identified as a man in his forties or fifties. Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 4 Dec. 2019 His memoir, starting with life here in the thirties and forties, is the main course of Reflections and it is presented with side dishes of state and local history, travelogues, biographies, philosophy and fishing lore. courant.com, 31 Oct. 2019 See More Word History Etymology Middle English fourty, adjective, from Old English fēowertig, from fēowertig group of 40, from fēower four + -tig group of 10; akin to Old English tīen ten First Known Use before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing forty forty winks forty-five forty-niner forty winks forty-five forty-niner Kids Definition forty 1 of 2 adjective for·ty ˈfȯr-tē : being four times ten forty 2 of 2 noun : four times ten : 40
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forty

noun

Example Sentences

Word History

Phrases Containing forty

Kids Definition

adjective

noun