forty

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for‧ty/ˈfɔːti $ ˈfɔːrti/ number
[Language : Old English; Origin : feowertig, from feower 'four']
1. the number 40

2. the forties
(also the '40s, the 1940s) [PLURAL]the years from 1940 to 1949:
　 ▪ The place was built as a casino in the forties.
the early/mid/late forties
　 ▪ He spent several years in Paris in the late forties.

3. be in your forties
to be aged between 40 and 49
early/mid/late forties
　 ▪ The woman was probably in her mid forties.

4. in the forties
if the temperature is in the forties, it is between 40 degrees and 49 degrees
in the low/mid/high forties
　 ▪ The temperature was up in the high forties.

—fortieth adjective:
　 ▪ her fortieth birthday

number
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
forty winks
▪ I felt a lot better after I had forty winks.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be the wrong side of thirty/forty etc
be thirty-something/forty-something etc

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  40, xl, twoscore, XL