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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024for•ti•eth (fôr′tē ith),USA pronunciation adj. - next after the thirty-ninth;
being the ordinal number for 40. - being one of 40 equal parts.
n. - a fortieth part, esp. of one (1⁄40).
- the fortieth member of a series.
- Middle English fourtithe, Old English fēowertigotha. See forty, -eth bef. 1100
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ˈfortieth /ˈfɔːtɪɪθ/ adj - being the ordinal number of forty in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc. Often written: 40th
- (as noun): he was the fortieth
n - one of 40 approximately equal parts of something
- (as modifier): a fortieth part
- the fraction equal to one divided by 40 ( 1⁄40)
for•ty /ˈfɔrti/USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties, adj. n. [countable] - a cardinal number, ten times four.
- a symbol for this number, as 40 or XL.
- forties, the numbers from 40 through 49, as in referring to the years of a lifetime or of a century or to degrees of temperature.
adj. [ before a noun] - amounting to 40 in number.
for•ti•eth, adj., n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024for•ty (fôr′tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties, adj. n. - a cardinal number, ten times four.
- a symbol for this number, as 40 or XL or XXXX.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- forties, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like, from 40 through 49, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or degrees of temperature:His office is in the West Forties. Her parents are in their forties. The temperature will be in the forties.
adj. - amounting to 40 in number.
- Middle English fourti, Old English fēowertig (cognate with Old Frisian fiuwertich, Old High German fiorzug, German vierzig). See four, -ty1 bef. 950
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