Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - forty
Forty
forty
n. & adj. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 the product of four and ten. 2 a symbol for this (40, xl, XL). 3 (in pl.) the numbers from 40 to 49, esp. the years of a century or of a person's life. 4 (the Forties) Brit. the sea area between the NE coast of Scotland and the SW coast of Norway (so called from its depth of forty fathoms or more). --adj. that amount to forty. Phrases and idioms forty-first, -second , etc. the ordinal numbers between fortieth and fiftieth. forty-five a gramophone record played at 45 r.p.m. the Forty-five the Jacobite rebellion of 1745. forty-niner US a seeker for gold etc., esp. in the Californian gold-rush of 1849. forty-one, -two , etc. the cardinal numbers between forty and fifty. forty winks colloq. a short sleep. Derivatives fortieth adj. & n. fortyfold adj. & adv. Etymology: OE feowertig (as FOUR, -TY(2))
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noun (plural forties) Etymology: Middle English fourty, adjective, from Old English fēowertig, from fēowertig group of 40, from fēower four + -tig group of 10; akin to Old English tīen ten Date: before 12th century see: number the numbers 40 to 49, the third point scored by a side in a game of tennis, fortieth adjective or noun ~ adjective ~ pronoun, plural in construction ~ish adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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