Meaning
The number 40, four tens.
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Word origin
From Old English feowertig, made of feower (four) plus -tig, an old ending meaning a group of ten.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- feowertig
- English cognates
- four, fourteen
Examples
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My father is 40 years old.
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The drive takes about 40 minutes.
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The shoes cost 40 pounds.
forties.
She is between 40 and 49 years old.
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forty: worksheet, infographic and listicle
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 16: Number house three: twenty to a hundred.