26984 words

forties

4 definitions • 6 examples
1
A person's forties are the period in which they are aged between 40 and 49:

Examples:

in your forties She's probably in her early forties.
2
the range of temperature between 40° and 49°:

Examples:

in the forties The temperature is expected to be in the forties tomorrow.
3
the decade (= period of ten years) between 40 and 49 in any century, usually 1940–1949:

Examples:

in the forties Our house was built some time in the forties.
4
the numbers 40 through 49:

Examples:

The temperature will be in the forties (= between 40° and 49°) today.
Our house was built in the forties (= between 1940 and 1949).
They are both in their forties (= between 40 and 49 years old).

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