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forties

noun

Meaning

  1. The decade of the 1840s, 1940s, etc.
  2. The decade of one's life from age 40 through age 49.
  3. (temperature, rates) The range between 40 and 49.
  4. From or evoking the 41st through 50th years of a century (chiefly the 1940s).
  5. A bottle of beer containing forty fluid ounces.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

mid-forties(English)1940s(English)midlife(English)40s(English)wartime(English)post-depression(English)middle-age(English)prime-time(English)oilfield(English)riser(English)twenties(English)westerly(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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