释义
[ fawr -tee-ith ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈfɔr ti ɪθ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
adjective next after the thirty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 40.
being one of 40 equal parts.
noun a fortieth part, especially of one (1/40).
the fortieth member of a series.
Origin of fortieth before 1100; Middle English fourtithe, Old English fēowertigotha. See forty, -eth2
Words nearby fortieth for the time being, Fort Hood, forthright, Fort Huachuca, forthwith, fortieth , fortification, fortification agate, fortified pa, fortified wine, fortify
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Example sentences from the Web for fortieth Now, with his fortieth birthday approaching, he decided it was time to retire.
Babe Ruth’s Summer of Records | Bill Bryson| September 29, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Dr. and Mrs. Burton just celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary.
The Science of When to Get Married | Hannah Seligson| April 7, 2009| DAILY BEAST
Fortieth Street was at least a mile and a half distant, and he had already just returned from a walk in a different direction.
Fame and Fortune | Horatio Alger, Jr.
Those lines from the eighteenth to the fortieth ought to be written in blood.
A Diversity of Creatures | Rudyard Kipling
In giving one fortieth part of their yearly income or gains to the poor.
Genghis Khan, Makers of History Series | Jacob Abbott
He was in his fortieth year when, in 1842, he published The Bible in Spain.
Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 | George Saintsbury
She died in 1816, suddenly, in the fortieth year of her age.
The College, the Market, and the Court | Caroline H. Dall
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British Dictionary definitions for fortieth adjective being the ordinal number of forty in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc. Often written: 40th (as noun ) he was the fortieth noun one of 40 approximately equal parts of something (as modifier ) a fortieth part the fraction equal to one divided by 40 (1 /40
Word Origin for fortieth Old English fēowertigotha
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