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I mean, what Fiat had it was not very big, it was something like forty or fifty million dollars, but it's enough to get revolving credit, to get starting away again, the buying of new machinery.
Gianni Agnelli

Meaning of "forty" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FORTY

Old English fēowertig.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FORTY

forty  [ˈfɔːtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORTY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Forty can act as a noun and a determiner.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The determinant is a modifier that provides context to the noun, often in terms of quantity and possession.

WHAT DOES FORTY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

forty

40 (number)

40 is the natural number following 39 and preceding 41. Despite being related to the word "four", 40 is spelled "forty", and not "fourty". The reason is that etymologically the words have different vowels. "Forty" containing a contraction in the same way that "fifty" contains a contraction of "five".

Definition of forty in the English dictionary

The first definition of forty in the dictionary is a numeral, 40, XL, etc, representing this number. Other definition of forty is something representing, represented by, or consisting of 40 units. Forty is also amounting to forty.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FORTY


bawtie
ˈbɔːtɪ
borty
ˈbɔːtɪ
dautie
ˈdɔːtɪ
dawtie
ˈdɔːtɪ
dorty
ˈdɔːtɪ
haughty
ˈhɔːtɪ
naughty
ˈnɔːtɪ
pianoforte
pɪˈænəʊˈfɔːtɪ
porty
ˈpɔːtɪ
rorty
ˈrɔːtɪ
shortie
ˈʃɔːtɪ
shorty
ˈʃɔːtɪ
snorty
ˈsnɔːtɪ
sortie
ˈsɔːtɪ
sporty
ˈspɔːtɪ
swarty
ˈswɔːtɪ
tawtie
ˈtɔːtɪ
tortie
ˈtɔːtɪ
warty
ˈwɔːtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FORTY

fortuitousness
fortuity
Fortuna
fortunate
fortunately
fortunateness
fortune
fortune cookie
fortune hunter
fortune-hunter
fortune-hunting
fortune-teller
fortune-telling
fortuneless
fortunize
forty winks
forty-five
forty-niner
forty-ninth parallel
fortyish

WORDS THAT END LIKE FORTY

arty
birthday party
Christmas party
come to the party
dirty
flirty
hearty
house party
intellectual property
liberty
party
poverty
property
public property
qwerty
shirty
take the liberty
tea party
third party
thirty

Synonyms and antonyms of forty in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «forty» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FORTY

Find out the translation of forty to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of forty from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «forty» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

四十
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cuarenta
570 millions of speakers

English

forty
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चालीस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أَرْبَعُون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сорок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quarenta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চল্লিশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

quarante
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Empat puluh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vierzig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

四十
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

40
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Patang puluh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bốn mươi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நாற்பது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चाळीस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kırk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

quaranta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

czterdzieści
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сорок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

patruzeci
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σαράντα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

veertig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fyrtio
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

førti
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of forty

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FORTY»

The term «forty» is very widely used and occupies the 11.094 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of forty
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «forty».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FORTY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «forty» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «forty» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about forty

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10 QUOTES WITH «FORTY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word forty.
1
Gianni Agnelli
I mean, what Fiat had it was not very big, it was something like forty or fifty million dollars, but it's enough to get revolving credit, to get starting away again, the buying of new machinery.
2
David Agus
Take charge of hidden, sneaky sources of chronic inflammation that can trigger illness and disease by wearing comfortable shoes daily, getting an annual flu vaccine, and asking your doctor why you're not on a statin and baby aspirin if you're over the age of forty.
3
Jean Anouilh
When you are forty, half of you belongs to the past... And when you are seventy, nearly all of you.
4
Hosea Ballou
Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.
5
Jack Benny
Hors D'oeuvre: A ham sandwich cut into forty pieces.
6
Leon Blum
When a woman is twenty, a child deforms her; when she is thirty, he preserves her; and when forty, he makes her young again.
7
Elayne Boosler
My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask for directions.
8
Geraldine Brooks
I write while my son is at school. At about 7:45 A.M., I walk him there, with the dogs, then walk them for another forty minutes or so, go home and chain myself to the desk a little before 9 A.M., and try not to be distracted until I hear my son plunge through the front door at about 3 P.M.
9
Barbara Cartland
After forty a woman has to choose between losing her figure or her face. My advice is to keep your face, and stay sitting down.
10
Ornette Coleman
Even when you write it, someone's got to play it. So if you can play it and bypass all the rest of the things, you're still doing as great as someone that has spent forty years trying to find out how to do that. I'm really pro-human beings, pro-expression of everything.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORTY»

Discover the use of forty in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to forty and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
A young Persian boy discovers the well-hidden treasure belonging to a band of thieves.
‎2010
2
My Forty Years with Ford
An unflinching eyewitness account of the Ford story as told by one of Henry Ford’s closest associates.
Charles E. Sorensen, Samuel T. Williams, 2006
3
Forty Beads: The Simple, Sexy Secret for Transforming Your ...
Introduces women to a method that can dramatically change jaded marriages in a highly positive way.
Carolyn Evans, 2011
4
North Dallas Forty
Adapted for the screen in 1979, this novel, written by ex-Dallas Cowboy Peter Gent, is widely considered the best football novel of all time.
Peter Gent, 2011
5
2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years
" So, where are we now? And what does our future look like? In the book 2052, Jorgen Randers, one of the coauthors of Limits to Growth, issues a progress report and makes a forecast for the next forty years.
Jorgen Randers, 2012
6
Not Under Forty
Essays by the twentieth-century novelist record her impressions of works by Katherine Mansfield, Gustave Flaubert, and Sarah Orne Jewett
Willa Cather, 1988
7
Sgt. Pepper and the Beatles: It was Forty Years Ago Today
Examines Sgt Pepper from the angle of disciplines such as musicology, ethnomusicology, history, sociology, literature, social psychology and cultural theory.
Olivier Julien, 2008
8
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule
Coming alive in plain, vibrant language is this story of the Reconstruction, after the Civil War.
Harriette Gillem Robinet, 2011
9
Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
With a probing imagination and deep understanding of the human condition, acclaimed neuroscientist David Eagleman offers wonderfully imagined tales that shine a brilliant light on the here and now. From the Trade Paperback edition.
David Eagleman, 2009
10
The Forty Days of Musa Dagh
This is the story of how the people of several Armenian villages chose not to obey the deportation order of the Turkish government.
Franz Werfel, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORTY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term forty is used in the context of the following news items.
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Forty-four charged in Baltimore jail scandal; here's how cases ended
Forty of the 44 defendants have been convicted in a racketeering conspiracy in which members of the Black Guerrilla Family gang maintained ... «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»
2
Forty-Five Years Later, Still Talking About That Play at the Plate
OAKLAND, Calif. — Ray Fosse's body still aches, 45 years later. He never did fully recover physically from one of the All-Star Game's signature ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
Tom Watson prepares for his final appearance at The Open after …
Tom Watson prepares for his final appearance at The Open after forty years of competing. TOM WATSON accepts he will not be able to hold ... «Daily Star, Jul 15»
4
Agriculture takes root at Carlsbad's North Forty
Jess Williams, a grower for Mellano and Company, inspects recently planted blueberry bushes Thursday at the North Forty Urban Farm in ... «U-T San Diego, Jul 15»
5
Richardson selected for the 2015 Forty Under 40 list
Ashley Richardson, the cultural affairs and tourism officer for the Town of Mount Pleasant, was selected for the 2015 Forty Under 40 list by the ... «The Gazette, Jul 15»
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Formula Systems (1985) Ltd. (FORTY) Plans Semiannual Dividend …
Formula Systems (1985) logo Formula Systems (1985) (NASDAQ:FORTY) declared a semiannual dividend on Monday, July 6th, Market Beat ... «sleekmoney, Jul 15»
7
Forty-four years of Midnight Madness
Hundreds of runners run down Sixth Street during the 5K in the 2013 Midnight Madness run in Ames. This year's Midnight Madness run will ... «Ames Tribune, Jul 15»
8
July 11, Forty Years Ago: Portugal Resistance
Forty shopkeepers were arrested in Delhi for not displaying price lists in their shops. Similar arrests were made in Saharanpur and Kurukshetra, ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
9
Forty official images from Marvel's Ant-Man, plus new viral video
The next evolution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe brings a founding member of The Avengers to the big screen for the first time with Marvel ... «Flickering Myth, Jul 15»
10
July 10, Forty Years Ago: Parliament to meet
The monsoon session of Parliament will begin on July 21, a report said. Parliament has been summoned because Prime Minister Indira Gandhi ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»

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