Found 2 items, similar to forty.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: forty
forty
adj : being ten more than thirty [syn:
40,
xl,
twoscore]
forty
n : the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four
[syn:
40,
XL]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Forty
Forty
\For"ty\, n.; pl.
Forties (-t[i^]z).
1. The sum of four tens; forty units or objects.
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2. A symbol expressing forty units; as, 40, or xl.
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Forty
\For"ty\ (f[^o]r"t[y^]), a. [OE. forti, fourti, fowerti,
AS. fe['o]wertig; fe['o]wer four + suff. -tig ten; akin to
OS. fiwartig, fiartig, D. veertig, G. vierzig, Icel.
fj["o]rut[=i]u, Sw. fyratio, Dan. fyrretyve, Goth. fidw[=o]r
tigjus. See
Four, and
Ten, and cf.
Fourteen.]
Four times ten; thirty-nine and one more.
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