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   For·ty

   /ˈfôrdē/

   

   cardinal

   • 1. the number equivalent to the product of four and ten; ten less than fifty; 40: "Troy was only forty miles away"
   • ▪ the numbers from forty to forty-nine, especially the years of a century or of a person's life: "Terry was in his early forties"
   • ▪ forty years old: "a tall woman of about forty"
   • ▪ forty miles an hour: "they were doing about forty"
   • ▪ the third point won by a player in a game: "up forty-love on his serve, he hit two double faults"

   Word Origin Old Englishfēowertig (see four, -ty2).

   Derivatives

   • 1. fortyfold adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • F

     4

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

   • T

     1

   • Y

     4

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