Meaning

1 senses
  1. (US, slang)A bottle (of beer) containing forty fluid ounces.

More definitions
  • the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four

Examples

834 sentences
  1. She must be forty or so.

    Їй має бути близько сорока.

    ruЕй, должно быть, около сорока.

    deSie muss ungefähr 40 sein.

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  2. I haven't slept in forty-eight hours.

    Я не спав вже двадцять чотири години.

    ruЯ не спал двое суток.

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  3. The square of seven is forty-nine.

    Сім у квадраті — сорок дев'ять.

    ruСемь в квадрате — сорок девять.

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  4. Tom usually goes to bed at ten-forty.

    Том як правило лягає спати о десятій сорок.

    ruТом обычно ложится спать в десять сорок.

    deTom geht normalerweise um zehn Uhr vierzig ins Bett.

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  5. She looks young, but she's actually over forty.

    Вона має вигляд молодої, але насправді їй за 40.

    ruОна выглядит молодой, но на самом деле ей больше 40.

    deSie sieht jung aus, aber tatsächlich ist sie über 40.

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Origin

From Middle English fourty, forty, from Old English fēowertiġ, ultimately from Proto-Germa

From Middle English fourty, forty, from Old English fēowertiġ, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz (“forty”). By surface analysis, four + -ty.

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Forms

plural: forties
Singularforty
Pluralforties

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four:40XL

Word family

2 related words

See also

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