forty

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UK /ˈfɔːti/ US [ˈfoːtɪj]

num 1noun 1adj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

dead, maximum, old, over

My grandfather is over forty now, but he still plays tennis every weekend.

VERB + FORTY

book, consists, contains, founded, grab, lived, studying

The book consists of forty short stories written by different authors from around the world.

FORTY + NOUN

boys, girls, miles, people, pupils, years

He walked forty miles across the desert to reach the nearest town.

PREP.

after, around, since, than, until

He hasn't visited his hometown since forty and misses it dearly.

ADV.

already, nearly, probably

She's already forty and still hasn't decided what she wants to do with her life.

Definitions

num

The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40.

'Tis forty years this very day, Since you and I, old girl, were married.

noun

A bottle (of beer) containing forty fluid ounces.

It's on, wrap my lips around the forty / And when it comes to getting another stogie […] Grab your forty, let's get keyed

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a fort.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four

adjective — being ten more than thirty

xl
twoscore

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

forty minutes of hell

The NCAA strategy of playing a suffocating full-court press and aggressive offense for the entirety of a game.

forty winks

A short sleep, an extra sleep, a nap.

As you're so tired, why not try to catch forty winks before you leave?

back forty

The remote part of a farm.

They couldn't contact the farmer right away because he was out plowing the back forty

north forty

A 40-acre section of land, located in the northernmost part of a farm or ranch.

I headed out to the barn for a ten-minute milking job, and the cow took off and ran to the far end of the north forty.

plough the back forty

To engage in sexual intercourse.

Example Bank

'Tis forty years this very day, Since you and I, old girl, were married.

Wiktionary

It's on, wrap my lips around the forty / And when it comes to getting another stogie […] Grab your forty, let's get keyed

Wiktionary

She is probably over forty.

Tatoeba · #19172

We have enjoyed peace for more than forty years.

Tatoeba · #23296

Kato's class consists of forty boys and girls.

Tatoeba · #24408

The king reigned over his people for forty years.

Tatoeba · #49461

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, forty is marked as slang, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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